ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Causes that sparked the American Romantic Era
A
Westward Expansion
B
Industrial Revolution
C
Growth of population in cities
D
All of these are causes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Initially, Romanticism sparked as a reaction to Industrialism and the restrictive neoclassical ideas of the preceding era of Enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the 5 characteristics of American romanticism? Romanticism is marked by a focus on individualism, an emphasis on nature, emotion over reason, freedom of form, and an exploration of the Gothic and unknown.

Detailed explanation-3: -With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789.

Detailed explanation-4: -Imagination, emotion, and freedom are certainly the focal points of romanticism.

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