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How can you romantic imagination create an Idea of nation |
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Answer» I) Romantic artists and poets created a sense of shared collective heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation. (ii) It was through folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation was popularised. Romanticism, a cultural movement which sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment. Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification of reason and science and focused instead on emotions, intuition and mystical feelings. Their effort was to create a sense of a shared collective heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation. The emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of local folklore was not just to recover an ancient national spirit, but also to carry the modern nationalist message to large audiences who were mostly illiterate.or (in easy language)I) Romantic artists and poets created a sense of shared collective heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation.(ii) It was through folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation was popularised.(iii) Emphasis was given on the vernacular language and the collection of folklore, to carry the modern nationalist message to large audiences\xa0 |
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