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Compare Romanticism and the Enlightenment.
Romanticism emphasized emotion, imagination, and individualism, while the Enlightenment emphasized reason and order.
Contrast Romantic and Realist literature.
Romantic literature idealizes, focuses on emotion; Realist literature depicts life as it is, focuses on detail.
What is Romanticism?
Artistic, literary, and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, imagination, and individuality.
Define Individualism (in Romanticism).
Celebration of the unique individual and their inner world.
What is 'Reverence for the Past' in Romanticism?
Fascination with history, folklore, and myth.
Define the Romantic view of Nature.
Nature is a source of inspiration, beauty, and spiritual truth.
What is the Romantic interest in the Supernatural?
Attraction to the mysterious, the occult, and the unexplained.
Define 'Emotion' in Romanticism.
Valuing feelings, intuition, and personal experience over reason.
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Philosopher who argued emotions lead to moral and societal progress, laying groundwork for Romanticism.
Who was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
Author of The Sorrows of Young Werther, a key example of Romantic literature.
Who was Eugène Delacroix?
Painter of Liberty Leading the People, a powerful image of revolution and Romantic ideals.
Who was Hubert Robert?
Painter of Imaginary View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins, highlighting the Romantic interest in ruins.
Who was Anne-Louis Girodet?
Painter of The Shadows of French Heroes who died in the wars of Liberty, received by Ossian, a great example of the Romantic interest in national heroes and the supernatural.
Who was Jane Austen?
While often associated with realism, Austen's focus on the inner lives and emotions of her characters, along with her exploration of personal relationships and individual experiences, places her within the Romantic tradition.