THE CONCEPT OF INDIVIDUALISM IN ROMANTICISM
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This article presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the concept of individualism as the ideological and aesthetic core of Romanticism. Emerging in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Romanticism represented a decisive break from Enlightenment rationalism and classical formalism, placing the individual human subject at the center of literary and philosophical inquiry. Through the IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion), this study examines the historical, philosophical, and literary foundations of Romantic individualism, its manifestation in major Romantic texts, and its lasting influence on modern literary thought. By emphasizing emotional authenticity, imaginative freedom, and subjective experience, Romanticism reshaped notions of selfhood, creativity, and authorship in ways that continue to shape contemporary literature and cultural identity.
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Romanticism, individualism, subjectivity, imagination, selfhood, creativity.How to Cite
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