Russian Romanticism

26 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • JAYANTI DUTTA

Romanticism in Literature

A literary, artistic and philosophic movement in Europe of 18th century.

Main characteristics:

A reaction and a revolt against classicism and neoclassicism of previous centuries.

-Belief in the goodness,

- To appreciate an unspoiled world (like the children´s world).

-Passion for folk arts and folklore of “uncivilized” population.

-Solitory life.

- Imagination is superior than reason.

-To believe that each nation has it´s own contribution for the world culture.

- To evoke the (national) past (myth and mysticism).

- Rejection of modern world, rules and religion, industrialization.

 

Alsexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

A brief reading of some parts of Pushkin´s novel in verse  Eugene Oneguine (Евгений Онегин).