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Expressionism in Literature: Daria Obukhovskaya 606
Expressionism in Literature: Daria Obukhovskaya 606
LITERATURE
Daria Obukhovskaya 606
DEFINISHION
Expression - the literary-artistic flow of
modernism, which was formed in Germany at
the beginning of the 20th century. It had his
followers in France, Austria, Poland, and
German-speaking Switzerland.
CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLE IN
LITERATURE
Interest in deep psychic processes;
denial of both positivism and rationalism;
updating of formal-stylistic means, artistic
imagery and expressiveness, sometimes
incompatible with each other, such as deep
lyricism and all-embracing pathos;
Subjectivity and interest in a civic theme.
Expressionism was manifested in the poetry of
German poets George Trakly (1887-1914), Franz
Werfel and Ernst Stodler (1883-1914).