Abstract:
The article is dedicated to the function of loneliness in the literary method “romanticism”. The concept
of loneliness is viewed as one of the key notions for the method. The evolution of the concept’s functioning
is followed throughout two periods: end of the XVIII — beginning of the XIX c. (romanticism) and
end of the XIX — beginning of the XX c. (neoromanticism).The two periods are compared and on the
basis of this comparison some conclusions are made as to why and how the views of neoromantics on the
role of the individuality had changed.
