SCAN 414 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Modern Breakthrough, Biedermeier, Metafiction
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It criticizes the idealistic and unrealistic outlooks of romanticism. Emphasizes that literature should put problems under debate that are important to contemporary society. Many figures and critics began to question the romantic vision and began to prod the reader into seeing the inherent dangers of romantic ideology. Nietzche"s new individual was driven by self-conscious will, seeing. Christian morality as culture"s oppression of the free individual. Redefinition of human existence in secular terms (not bound by religious/spiritual views: 2. That authors put problems under debate of importance in contemporary society (i. e. relationship between the sexes, religion, property, conditions in society) Literature that does not put things under debate loses. Brandes" legacy: cultural radicalism significance: the general idea that art should contribute to social responsibility by pointing out shortcomings or deficiencies in contemporary society: Question the predominant order, not simply confirm or please. Continuous legacy in danish debate, criticism and cultural policy.
