Question

Which of the following is a trait of American romanticism? a. glorifying industrialization and modernization b. exploring the imagination and emotions of the individual c. regarding nature as superior to the individual d. emphasizing logic and scientific fact e. criticizing superstitious beliefs and blind faith

Answer 1

B. Exploring the Imagination and emotions of the individual.

Answer 2

The correct option is B

Romanticism is a cultural and political movement originated in Germany and the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) at the end of the eighteenth century as a revolutionary reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment and Classicism, giving priority to feelings. Its fundamental characteristic is the break with the classicist tradition based on a set of stereotyped rules. Authentic freedom is his constant search, that's why his revolutionary trait is unquestionable.

Based above all on the figure of edgar allan poe and often confused with the concept of "gothic narrative", the late romantic movement in the US literature of the twentieth century includes many other nuances and aspects characteristic and proper as well as other authors no less relevant who laid the foundations of their homeland literature in that new society under construction. Now, a framework like the North American one had to alter the European matrixes of a movement that, as is known, covered every aspect of life: from the approaches of society and philosophies to the psychology of the individual and the fashions