Expressionism was an important modernist school popular in European and American literature from the early 20th century to the 1930s before and after World War I. Originating in Germany, it first started with painting and then spread to literature. Expressionism is where artists focus on expressing their inner emotions through their works, while ignoring the imitation of the form of the object being described. Therefore, this approach often manifests itself as distortion and abstraction of reality. This approach is especially used to express the emotion of fear - there are very few cheerful expressionist works. See. From this definition, the works of Matisse Grünewald and Greco can also be said to be Expressionist, but generally Expressionism is limited to works of the 20th century.
Expressionism, one of the important modern art schools. A literary and artistic school popular in Germany, France, Austria, Northern Europe and Russia in the early 20th century. The term was first used by the French painter Julien-Auguste Hervé in 1901 to indicate that his paintings were different from those of the Impressionists. Later, German painters also made bold "innovations" in many aspects such as composition, techniques, lines, colors, etc., and gradually formed factions. Later it developed into the fields of music, film, architecture, poetry, novels, drama and other fields. 1. In poetry:
Austria's Trakl and Welver ("Friends of the World", "Mutual"), Germany's Heim and Bain
2. In drama:
O'Neill in the United States: "King Jones" (1920), the author integrated expressionist artistic techniques into his own creation, forming a unique example of "O'Neill school" expressionist drama work. The Hairy Ape (1921), subtitled "Eight Comedies of Ancient and Modern Life." Protagonist: Jank
Sweden's Strindberg: "To Damascus", "Ghost Sonata"
3. In novels:
Austria's Kafka: Representative of Expressionist novels.
"The Castle" (1915), "The Metamorphosis" (1915)