ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Romanticism emphasizes the importance of ____
A
The individual
B
The imagination
C
The discovery of emotions
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Romanticism emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary of Romanticism The artists emphasized that sense and emotions-not simply reason and order-were equally important means of understanding and experiencing the world. Romanticism celebrated the individual imagination and intuition in the enduring search for individual rights and liberty.

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: -In England, the Romantic poets were at the very heart of this movement. They were inspired by a desire for liberty, and they denounced the exploitation of the poor. There was an emphasis on the importance of the individual; a conviction that people should follow ideals rather than imposed conventions and rules.

Detailed explanation-5: -Interest in the common man and childhood. Strong senses, emotions, and feelings. Awe of nature. Celebration of the individual. Importance of imagination.

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