ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dark Romantic literature often deals with ____
A
fear and terror
B
love and devotion
C
grief and loss
D
all of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dark Romanticism focuses on human fallibility, self-destruction, judgement, punishment, as well as the psychological effects of guilt and sin.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the characteristics of Dark Romanticism? Works of the Dark Romanticism genre focus on sin, grief, sorrow, the psychological effects of guilt, and self-destruction. It is common to find elements of the supernatural, such as vampires, werewolves, demons, ghosts, and more within these literary works as well.

Detailed explanation-3: -For these Dark Romantics, the natural world is dark, decaying, and mysterious; when it does reveal truth to man, its revelations are evil and hellish.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 20th century artists such as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte or Paul Klee and Max Ernst continued to think in this vein. The art works speak of loneliness and melancholy, passion and death, of the fascination with horror and the irrationality of dreams.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spirituality In Nature. Better understanding and give free range to individual natures. Hero in the common man. Imagination and Escapism. Rebellion against any form of tyrannical control. Individuality. Looking to the past. Innocence of Childhood. Melancholy.

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