Between window and mirror or between Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit Cover Image

Între fereastră și oglindă sau între Expresionism și Neue Sachlichkeit
Between window and mirror or between Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit

Author(s): Anca Elisabeta Turcu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: German Expressionism; Neue Sachlichkeit; Victor Wittner; alienation; reflection; body image;

Summary/Abstract: Victor Wittner's volume ”Der Mann zwischen Fenster und Spiegel” (1929), illustrates and records in a lyrical register the Bukovinian poet's journey from Expressionism to Neue Sachlichkeit. This article analyses the permanent balancing act between inside and outside, between inclusion and acceptance by the community and exile or ostracism, between corporeality and spirituality, also between reflection as mirroring and reflection as contemplation.

  • Issue Year: XLII/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 181-188
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian