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Nietzsche as Masked Romantic

Prepared by:Dr. Kay Picart

Associate Professor of Humanities & EnglishCourtesy Associate Professor of Law

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Guide Question

• Why does it seem strange to call Nietzsche a Romantic?

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Guide Questions

• What is Romanticism?

• Is Romanticism a monolithic thing?

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Guide Question

• What characteristics of the lighter type of Romanticism are displayed in the Friedrich’s Cross in the Mountains?

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Guide Questions• What are the

affinities between Friedrich’s painting style and Nietzsche’s writing style?

• Are there any similarities between the two in terms of themes? (Ubermensch)

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Guide Question

• What characteristics of the darker/more pessimistic form of Romanticism does Delacroix’s The Massacre at Chios?

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Guide Question

• How does Delacroix’s “scumbling” resemble Nietzsche’s aphoristic writing style in his later writings?

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Guide Question

• Thematically, how does Delacroix’s Death of Sardanapalus parallel post-Zarathustran (1886 onwards) writings?