"thegreek" - 1 õppematerjal

Romantic poetry and prose

external world. Poets believed that emotions were universal and almost inexpressible. They were always looking for smth. new, but also fought against previous literary styles and argued with philosophers from the 18th c and earlier. Romantic poet keeps the image of a nation alive and is: · A visionary · A free spirit whose most important sense was seeing · A noble savage · A wanderer · An artist as a supremely individual creator 4.TheGreek revival (reasons for its appearance, main characteristic features, types of writings that were inspired by the Greek revival, etc) · Developments in the field of archaeology · Curiosity in the Mediterranean region and the Orient (Rome, Palmire, Balbek, China) · Hellenizing classicism ­ started replacing buildings with copies of true Greek pillars; people wanted to be trendy and built Pyramids, obelisks