ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Within Romanticism, two conflicting sub-genres arose: optimists who believed in human virtue and spirituality formed the Transcendentalism Movement, while pessimists who accepted human fallibility and our proclivity for sin formed the Dark Romantic Movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two opposing sub-genres emerged that were uniquely American: the optimists who believed in human goodness and spirituality, grew in to the Transcendentalism Movement; the pessimists, who embraced human fallibility and our predisposition towards sin, grew into the Dark Romantic Movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalism literature often “emphasizes the inherent goodness of people and nature” and often uses a style that evokes a sense of mystery. Dark Romanticism is more likely to emphasize suffering, sinfulness, or death with a style that evokes a sense of horror.

Detailed explanation-4: -In both Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism texts, people can find elements of Romanticism such as the “feeling” of the scene, removed from society, and outcasts. Even though there are minor similarities between transcendentalism and dark romanticism, they shouldn’t continue to teach them together in schools.

Detailed explanation-5: -The four major themes of Romanticism are emotion and imagination, nature, and social class. Romantic writers were influenced greatly by the evolving and changing world around them.