Question

Explain the role of Romanticism in national feeling.

Answer 1

• Romanticism was a cultural movement that played a huge role in the development of nationalist sentiment.
• Romantic artists and poets criticised reason and science and eulogized emotions, intuition and mystical feelings.
• They wanted to create a sense of a shared collective heritage and a common cultural past, paving way for nationalist feelings.
• The spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularized through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances