Chapter : 1. The Rise Of Nationalism In Europe
The Romantic Imagination and National Feeling
(i) The Romantic Imagination and National Feeling :
(1) Romanticism, a cultural movement which sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment.
(2) Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification of reason and science and focused in stead on emotions, intution and mystical feelings. Their effort was to create a sense of shared collective heritage of common cultural past.
(3) The other Romantics as the German philosopher to hear G. Herder claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people. It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation was popularised.
(4) 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.
(5) Karol Kurpinski, for example, celebrated the national struggle through his operas and music, turning folk dances like the polonaise and mazurka into nationalist symbols.
(6) Language too played an important role in developing nationlist sentiments. After Russian occupation, the Polish language was forced out of schools and the Russian language was imposed every where.
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