Romanticism as an Expression of Rebel Ideas in Literature

Abstract

The best manifestation of rebel romanticist poetry is in the works of Byron in England, H. Heine – in Germany, J. Leopard – in Italy, N. Baratashvili – in Georgia, A. Mickie-wicz – in Poland. However, the socio-political situation of the country somewhat de-fined the nature of romanticism. The rebellious Romanticists put the following issues on the agenda: criticism of the bourgeois order, aspiration from singularity to gen-eral, thus they confronted rationalism, the attitude to ideal and reality, development of new literary genres, collecting, processing and publication of literary and folklore works. As a science the history of the world literature was founded, which is derived from Goethe. Although Goethe called romantic sick, and classical – healthy, in doing so, he literally acknowledged that common trends could be reflected in the literary processes of other peoples independently or influenced by those who have common values and gave impetus to development of the issues of globalization and cultural integration. The fusion of personal, national and universal has led to revolutionary shifts in the literary world. However, the French critic F. Brunetiere calls this an evolutionary method in literature (“The Evolution of lyric poetry in France in the XIX century”). The question is how to review Romanticism, as an expression of rebel ideas or as an evolutionary process. We think that Romanticism in its essence includes both, because the society that lacks a sense of protest cannot develop and cannot create values.