romanticism

Japanese: romanticism
romanticism

…This pan-European literary trend was essentially an expression of the ideas of European society in the turbulent period of transformation into a modern civil society after the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, but it took on different forms depending on the social and cultural circumstances of each country. The word romanticism (French: romantisme) not only refers to a literary movement and its ideas of a certain period, but also to the timeless qualities of writers and works. The word is derived from the French word romance, which means a medieval story, and was created from the adjective romantic, which indicates the legendary and fantastical characteristics of medieval chivalric tales and the spiritual character of the protagonist's pure love and pursuit of ideals. …

*Some explanations of terms that mention "romanticism" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この汎ヨーロッパ的な文芸思潮は,基本的には産業革命やフランス大革命をへて近代市民社会へと変貌する激動期のヨーロッパ社会の思想表現であったが,各国における社会的・文化的状況の差によって異なった様相を呈した。 ロマン主義romanticism(ロマンティシズム(英語)),ロマンティスムromantisme(フランス語)の語は,ある特定の時期の文芸運動とその主張を指すのみならず,時代を超えた作家や作品の特質を示す語でもある。この語は語源的には,中世の物語を意味するロマンスromance(英語)あるいはロマンroman(フランス語)から派生し,中世騎士道物語の伝奇的・空想的な特徴や,主人公の純粋な愛と理想探究の精神主義的な性格を示す形容詞ロマンティックromantic(英語)から作られた。…

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