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July 21, 2020 • 00:07 am 30 points
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Do give important information about lukacs historical novel

do give important information about lukacs historical novel

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    Deb dulal halder Halder best-answer

    Lukács locates the emergence of the historical novel in the ideological matrix.  While authors of the eighteenth century and before had produced works which took place in historical settings, Lukács argues that these texts contained no true historical consciousness, but merely a projection of contemporary attitudes back in time.  The true historical novel emerges with the work of Sir Walter Scott, whose novels of the Scottish clans portray the disintegration of archaic social forms in the face of capitalist transformation. 

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    The book The Historical Novel opens with a discussion of the formation of modern historical consciousness.  For Lukács, modern historical inquiry began with the struggle against absolutism.  Enlightenment thinkers, particularly in France, endeavored to portray the unreasonableness of absolutist rule, its arbitrary and capricious nature.  Historical inquiry became a weapon in this battle, as ‘the lessons of history provide the principles with whose help a “reasonable” society, a “reasonable” state may be created’.  This was the role played by historical works.

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