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Title: The American Romantic Hero


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The American Romantic Hero
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Characteristics of the Romantic Hero
  • Clichéd rather than well rounded
  • The embodiment of ideas
  • A flawed character

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Characteristics cont.
  • The American Romantic Hero has qualities that
    can be found in the beliefs of the Romantics.

4
Characteristics cont.
  • Individual
  • Youthful
  • Instinctive
  • Utilizes humor based on a higher principal

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Characteristics cont.
  • Nature
  • Key to the Romantic Hero
  • Avoids the city
  • Derives knowledge from experiences and nature
  • Truth
  • Finds truth in nature

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American Romantic Novel
  • Different from European Romantic novels
  • Created a new and unusual American style
  • American novels ventured into unexplored
    territories

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Birth of Romantic Hero
  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Father of the American Novel
  • Wrote of the American Frontier
  • The Leatherstockings Tales
  • Natty Bumppo

http//www.biography.com/articles/James-Fenimore-C
ooper-9256602
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Natty Bumppo
  • First American Romantic Hero
  • Character in many of Coopers novels
  • Leatherstockings
  • Pioneers
  • Deerslayer
  • Has stark integrity

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Natty Bumppo cont.
  • One with nature
  • Has extraordinary ingenuity
  • Cooper combines Indian spirit with frontiersman
    mentality
  • Nobel Savage

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Natty as an Indian
  • Appearance
  • Deer-skin moccasin
  • Long unkempt hair
  • Represents the Indian antithesis who kills in
    cold blood while celebrating nature

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Natty as an Indian cont.
  • Befriends Delaware Chief Chingachgook
  • Typical Romance Indian
  • Nattys opposite
  • Eventually takes on characteristics of
    Chingachgook
  • With Chingachgooks death, Natty fleas society
    escaping its captivity

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Natty as the Frontiersman
  • Natty represents the linguistic switch from the
    rationalist thinking to the creation of the
    American dream
  • Symbol of the natural man
  • Caught in the adapting American society

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Rip Van Winkle
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  • Prolonged sleep sheltered and ostracized him from
    society
  • Upon awakening Rip encounters trouble conforming
    to the new society
  • Laziness helps cause separation from society
  • Involved with nature

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Modern Romantic Heroes
  • Today authors still write about the American
    Romantic Hero
  • Popular examples are
  • Superman
  • Luke Skywalker
  • Indiana Jones

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Works Cited
  • Dekker, Geroge G. James Fenimore Cooper.
    Biography Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
    lthttp//www.biography.com/articles/James-Fenimore
    - Cooper-9256602gt.
  • Grimes, Geoffrey A. "Basic Concept Primitivism
    and the Noble Savage."  English 2327 Survey of
    American Literature. Mountain View Coll, 27
    Aug. 2004. Web. 29 Mar. 2010.lthttp//www.distance
    learningassociates.com/       eng2327/BC-Primitiv
    ism.htmlgt.
  • Kayden. How Might Rip Van Winkle Be Seen as a
    Model American Romantic Hero? Enotes.com. N.p.,
    n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. lthttp//www.enotes.com/ri
    p-van/q-and-a/how- might-rip-van-winkle-seen-model
    -american-16475gt.

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Works Cited
  • A New Kind of Hero. Elements of Literature.
    Austin Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1997.
    147-50. Print.
  • Stevens, Jason. The American Romantic Hero.
    Hoffman Estates High School. N.p., n.d. Web. 23
    Mar. 2010. lthttp//www.hehs.d211.org/people/steve
    nsj/classes/E302/ Assignments_Activities/Romantici
    sm/american_romantic_h ero.htmgt.
  • Sullivan. American Romanticism. PPT file.
  • University of Virginia College of Arts and
    Sciences. "Natty Bumppo." James Fenimore Cooper.
    U of Virginia, n.d. Web. 23 Mar.
    2010.      lthttp//xroads.virginia.edu/ug02/COOP
    ER/bumppo.htmlgt.
  • Unknown. American Romanticism. PPT file.
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