Final Project Outline

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINAL PRESENTATION

Assuming you have done your research, submitted your formal proposal and received my approval, you should then prepare an outline of your presentation as follows:

Introduction, Hello, my name is Mallika Dhaliwal.

My Subject is: Romanticism as an Environmentalist movement

My position/focus is: The romantic movement of the 19^th century was the first instance of environmentalism in literature.

The first point I want to make is: The characteristics of literary romanticism are similar to the modern definition of environmentalism.

2 or 3 sources that support my first point are: Shelley’s Frankenstein, the two Norton Anthologies, and Oerleman’s Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature.

The second point I want to make is: The era of the Industrial Revolution spurred a polarization between people that led to the division between Romantics and Rationalists.

2 or 3 sources that support my second point are: The Norton Anthology of English Literature and Oerleman’s Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature.

The third point I want to make is: Though the Romantic movement was relatively brief in England, the movement spread to other countries, such as the United States, as the Industrial Revolution spread.

2 or 3 sources that support my third point are: The Norton Anthology of American Literature and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

Conclusion: In my presentation I have shown that the Romantic movement was a natural reaction to the rapid development of cities and widespread destruction of scenery of the 19^th century. Therefore, the Romantics could be considered the first environmentalists as their work was a form of protest to these developments.

Thank you

Does anyone have questions or comments?