Rousseau's influence on romantic literature is mainly reflected in his description of natural scenery. Brandeis's article "The Main Tide of 19th Century Literature" mainly discusses the relationship between Rousseau and Romantic literature in two aspects: returning to nature, describing nature, advocating feelings and emphasizing self. Returning to nature is the slogan of romanticism.
but it was first put forward by Rousseau. Rousseau advocated returning from ugly reality to the "natural state" of primitive society. In his novel Emile, he wrote: "In the state of nature, there is an indestructible real equality". He believes that the city is a pit that sinks into the abyss of mankind, and it is the countryside that keeps the natural state that can renew mankind.
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Rousseau's romantic characteristics
1. Strong subjective color, preferring to express subjective thoughts, paying attention to expressing personal feelings and experiences, emphasizing subjectivity, ignoring objectivity and self-expression, and ignoring objective imitation.
2. They like to describe and praise nature, and the authors like to put their understanding characters in the pure and quiet nature to set off the ugliness of the real society and the beauty of their own understanding.
3. Pay attention to medieval folk literature, with rich imagination, sincere feelings, free expression and simple and natural language.
4. Pay attention to artistic effect: exotic Qingdao's emotional appeal, contrast, exaggeration, and extraordinary characters.