Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Neoclassical literature?
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Correct answer: Subjective, emotional, and personal confession
Subjectivity and intense emotional confession are characteristics of Romanticism. Neoclassicism prioritized objectivity, social responsibility, and the restraint of emotion through form and reason.
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