Romance is not without its merits. The legendary and romantic features emphasized in the novel actually laid the foundation for the Renaissance. The political function of "romance" is to whitewash reality with an "ideal" world in order to consolidate feudal class rule.
The Artistic Features of Romanticism
1, focusing on expressing subjective ideals and strong personal feelings.
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.
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.
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.