THE STUDY OF ROMANTICISM AS PART OF A SYSTEM OF ARTISTIC METHODS IN LITERATURE

Abstract

The article considers Romanticism as a literary trend in the system of artistic methods. The socio-cultural foundations of Western European and Russian Romanticism are described, and the key unifying features of this trend are highlighted. The connection of Romanticism with classical aesthetics is analyzed in the framework of such issues as the characteristic features of artistic images, the personification of abstract concepts. The influence of Romanticism on realism and symbolism as a modernist trend is investigated. Psychologism as one of the leading features of Romanticism is becoming key in the realistic tradition. Modernism takes from Romanticism the idea of the intellectuality of dramatic dialogue in plays. The plays by G. Ibsen and B. Shaw were created according to the model of “intellectual drama” created by A. S. Pushkin. Symbolism borrows from Romanticism a symbol as a means for the manifestation of the Absolute, the musical character of images and their sculptural plasticity. The research materials can be used as a basis for the development of methodological guidelines.