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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Political-Cultural Developments

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The popularity of the Grimm Brothers' folk tales represents which aspect of German culture in the first half of the 19th century?
  1. The replication of other British cultural trends
  2. The reluctance of German presses to publish other authors
  3. The decline of higher education in Germany
  4. The regression to simpler ways of thinking
  5. German nationalism expressed in distinctly German terms
Explanation
Answer: E - The popularity of the Grimms' tales spoke to the desire to express German nationalism in distinctly German terms. The Volksgeist, or spirit of the common people, dominated German culture, as writers and thinkers sought to articulate the Romantic themes of the era in a distinctly German way.
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