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Modernizmo literatūra: turinio ir formos kryptys
Modernist Literature: Trends of Content and Form

Author(s): Valdis Kikans
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: literary type; literary trend; paradigm; image

Summary/Abstract: It can be stated that Existentialism is the basic trend of Modernism content or conceptuality, while such trends as Symbolism, Expressionism, Imperssionism Surrealism are formal trends of Modernism (certainly, entailing definite content nuances). A Huge amount of theoretical literature has been written about them as formal categories; as to the content, nihilism has been singled out without providing an appropriate term: Existentialist form with its own conceptuality.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 79-84
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Lithuanian