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Nietzsche as Masked Romantic Prepared by: Dr. Kay Picart Associate Professor of Humanities & English Courtesy Associate Professor of Law.

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2 Nietzsche as Masked Romantic Prepared by: Dr. Kay Picart Associate Professor of Humanities & English Courtesy Associate Professor of Law

3 Guide Question Why does it seem strange to call Nietzsche a Romantic?

4 Guide Questions What is Romanticism? Is Romanticism a monolithic thing?

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

6 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)

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

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

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


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