Expressionism in literature manifests itself about 1910, though signs of it are perceptible in certain plays of Wedekind. The movement has some analogies to the Strum und Drang and was accompanied by a renewed interest in the works of J. M. R. Lenz and G. Büchner. Expressionism reacted against Naturalism and the effeteness of neo-Romanticism. Its aim is to show the truth within, not in psychological analysis, but by proclaiming man's aspirations, hopes, and fears. Its style, both in poetry and in drama, is exclamatory and elliptical (frequent omission of verbs and articles).

Umbra Vitae

Der Gott der Stadt

Ophelia

Die Mühlen

Die Koralle

Burger von Calais

Dramatiker

Expressionists really wanted to change the world with new ideas.

Berlin Alexanderplatz- Innere Dialogue, Franz Biberkopf ist ein aussenseiter, Man soll mit anderer Menschen vergesellschaften

Expressionismus (1878-1957)

Jüdisch

Wurde Militararzt

Die Entwicklung der Menschheit

Kennst du das Land

Das Ideal- Menschen sind materialistisch und heuchlerisch

Expressionismus (1899-1974)

Angriff auf der Militarismus des Zeit und wollte es halten

Mutterns Hände

Expressionismus (1890-1935)

Dagegen Militarismus

Satirisch und Politisch

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan

Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration

Ansichten eines Clowns, a novel by H. Böll, published in 1963. It is told in the first person and mainly in retrospect by Hans Schnier, the son of well-to-do parents, who opts out of his middle-class environment and becomes a professional clown. He does so from disgust at the pretensions and lack of integrity of the world of his upbringing. Yet in choosing to be an outsider he also chooses solitude, for which he is not fitted, and under the stress of this situation he breaks down. The book is intended as a bitter indictment of West Germany.

Draußen von der Tür

Nachts schlafen die Ratten doch

Steppenwolf

(1897-1962)

Harry Haller

1946 Nobelpreis

Der Prozess

Der Hungerartist

(1883-1924)

Entwicklung zwischen 1918 und 1945

Hundejahre

Die Blechtrommel- The Tin Drum

Die Ermittlung

Marats/Sade

BRD (1916-1982)

Dokumentarischen Theater

Parteisch

Publikumsbeschimpfung

Kaspar

BRD (1942- )

Experimented with formen und Sprachstil

Never used the same method of writing

Lit should change the reader and author

Das Hölderlin-Lied

Stasi Ballade

Nur wer sich ändert, bleibt sich treu

Die Schmähschrift oder Königin gegen Defoe

Collin

Die Kipper

Provokation für mich

(1939- )

DDR

Die Schleife an Stalins Bart. Ein Mädchenstreich, acht Jahre Haft und die Zeit danach.

DDR (1930- )

Trakl, Georg, 1887–1914, Austrian expressionist poet. Trakl's work, influenced by French impressionist poetry, reveals his disgust with imperialistic society. An absorption with sorrow and decay permeates his Gedichte [poems] (1913), the only collection published during his lifetime. A pharmacist in the German army, Trakl died from an overdose of drugs. Posthumous publications of his work include Der Herbst des Einsamen [the autumn of the lonely] (1920) and Gesang des Abgeschiedenen [song of the departed] (1933)

Expressionismus