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The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer. [player 2:35] Clara Wieck Schumann
The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer. [player 2:35] Clara Wieck Schumann
Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.
According to the test, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.
Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period, in keeping with Classical period values
According to the text, composers of the Romantic period were reluctant to stray from the seven tones of the traditional scale (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, F, G).
Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period , in keeping with Classical period values.
Other characteristics of the Romantic hero include introspection, the triumph of the individual over the "restraints of theological and social conventions", wanderlust, melancholy, misanthropy, alienation, and isolation.
Literary critic Northrop Frye noted that the Romantic hero is often "placed outside the structure of civilization and therefore represents the force of physical nature, amoral or ruthless, yet with a sense of power, and often leadership, that society has impoverished itself by rejecting".
As Napoleon, the "living model of a hero", became a disappointment to many, the typical notion of the hero as upholding social order began to be challenged.
Literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms. The Romantic hero is a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, has been rejected by society, and has themselves at the center of their own existence.
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Traditional Romantic heroes tend to be defined by their rejection or questioning of standard social conventions and norms of behavior, their alienation from larger society, their focus on the self as the center of existence, and their ability to inspire others to commit acts of good and kindness.
There are also countless examples of Byronic heroes in 20th-century Western literature, including the Phantom from Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, Jake Barnes from Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises, Ian Fleming's James Bond character, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby from his novel The Great Gatsby. All of these Byronic heroes are marked by a dark sensibility, cynicism, arrogance, high intelligence, and a refusal to outright obey authority.
According to many literary critics and biographers, Lord Byron developed the archetype of the Byronic hero in response to his boredom with traditional and Romantic heroic literary characters.
Byronic heroes also tend to appear larger than life and dress and style themselves in elaborate costumes for the purpose of making themselves as different from others as possible.
The archetype of the Byronic hero has remained popular and relevant throughout Western literature and entertainment since the early 19th century.
Instructor: James Fleming. The literary archetype of the Byronic hero, first developed by the 19th-century English poet Lord Byron, is one of the most potent and relevant character archetypes in Western literature, art, and entertainment. Create an account.
Superman is often depicted as being a perfect hero. He is, both physically and emotionally, essentially indestructible and incorruptible. He almost always does the right thing without any consideration for his own well-being. Batman, who can be understood as a Byronic hero, is quite different.
Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.
According to the test, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.
Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period, in keeping with Classical period values