![]() Radical romanticism- which is “focused on poignant human encounters, events and experiences of war, empire, misogyny, white supremacy, environmental degradation and oppressive political and religious authorities” - carries more weight than traditional romanticism, Cladis said. “We think of an individual gazing out at the world, but that is not what radical romanticism is focused on.” “When we think of romanticism, we often think of the sublime,” he continued. “Witnessing their intimate, practical connection to land and places, I’ve learned about alienation as being severed from land, culture, language (and) stories.” “The radical romanticism I initially viewed was through a Navajo lens,” Cladis said. ![]() ![]() Cladis said that he primarily engages with Silko and Indigenous storytelling through “listening” to the stories she weaves “from her life and Indigenous traditions.”įrom his extensive study of Silko’s literature and background, Cladis said he became familiar with “radical Romanticism,” a concept that interprets the romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th century towards “progressive democratic and environmental aims,” Cladis wrote in a 2014 journal article. ![]()
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