A passage contrasts a hero who dreams of a national rising with a world that rewards compromise, and ends with a sleeping Poland. Which period and tradition best fit it?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Romanticism, with its idea of the poet as a national guide
- Step 1: Look at the themes: a national rising, a hero with a mission, a sleeping nation. Step 2. These belong to the Romantic tradition of the early nineteenth century. Answer: Romanticism. Why not the others: Positivism opposed uprisings, and the Baroque and Modernism do not centre on this national mission.
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