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Historical realism and Romantic imagination in Scott’s “Quentin Durward” | ||
| journal of the college of basic education | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 59, 2009, Pages 255-260 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maha Kadum Kareem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A historian is usually concerned with real events that truly happened in the past and, therefore, his writings should present a realistic picture of past events as they had truly happened. A historical romancer, on the other hand, is basically committed to being less realistic and more imaginative in presenting his point of view of life and of past events. The combination of truth and imagination results in presenting historical events in romantic settings, so as to use these events not only as a means towards an end but as an end itself. Such an idea is clearly reflected in Sir Walter Scott’s historical romance, Quentin Durward (1823). He combines in this novel his historical abilities in a very beautiful romantic setting which is at the heart of the Romantic Movement, France. Sir Walter Scott was the inventor of the Modern historical novel, who laid out the bases of writing historical novels. His love for this kind of literature stems from his upbringing which characterized many of his work. He read classical writings and plenty amount of work that included chivalric romances, poems, history and travel books. All these combinations had helped him to shape many of his novels including his popular European novel Quentin Durward. | ||
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