Romanticism is extremely dissatisfied with the reality after the French Revolution and tends to idealize the non-capitalist life. Romantic writers deeply feel that the rationality advocated by classicism is a constraint on literary and artistic creation, so they emphasize the absolute freedom of creation, oppose the rules and regulations of classicism, and demand to break through the scope of literary description of reality and put emotion and imagination first. They pay special attention to the theme of love and describe people's dreams in large numbers.
2. Describe natural scenery and praise nature.
Because of the aversion to capitalist material civilization and vulgar and ugly reality, the fear and aversion to industrialization have become the characteristics of romantic poets, while the magnificent nature and strange scenes in the distance have become the places where romantic writers place their freedom ideals. In their works, the beauty and sublimity of nature are often in sharp contrast with the ugliness and vulgarity of urban life, and some extraordinary figures often haunt the center of nature or in strange and strange environments. They respected Rousseau's thought of "returning to nature" and regarded nature as a mysterious force or a symbol of a certain spiritual realm. Romantic writers not only praise the natural beauty of their own country, but also like to describe exotic scenery, such as the jungles and prairies of America, the living customs of Mediterranean countries, ethnic minorities, Gothic architecture, ancient ruins and so on.
Love describes the history of the Middle Ages and the past.
From Scott to Hugo, Dumas and other romantic novelists, many of them take historical themes as their description objects. Their description does not focus on reflecting the historical truth, but on expressing their own imagination, which is often just an episode of history. This plot is vague in the history books and can be freely galloped by the author. Some romantics beautified the feudal patriarchal clan system in the Middle Ages and regarded the Middle Ages as a "golden age" against capitalism.
4. Pay attention to folk literature, especially medieval folk literature.
In Germany and Britain, romanticism began with the collection of medieval folk literature, so the slogan "Back to the Middle Ages" was put forward. This is because the medieval folk literature is not bound by classicism, with rich imagination, sincere feelings, free expression and popular language.
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1. Romantic literature has made fruitful explorations in various artistic forms, and the most outstanding achievement is the creation of poetry, especially poetic novels. Poetic novel is developed on the basis of poetic drama, which has a broad vision and expands the scope of poetry reflecting reality.
2. Romantic literature is used to contrast, exaggeration and imagination, and the words tend to be gorgeous. Romanticists pursue strong artistic effects, unusual plots, unusual events, unusual characters and unusual and lonely rebellious images, all of which are inseparable from the methods of comparison, exaggeration and imagination.
3. Melancholy and sentimental sentiment is loved by romantic writers. Melancholy is a state of mind in which romantics are not in harmony with the surrounding reality, which includes both the nostalgia of the nobility and the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie with reality. The "disease of the century" is a melancholy disease, and Rene is its typical example.