Expressionism and the New American Drama

Valgemäe, Mardi

doi:10.2307/606806

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“…The movement, though short-lived, gave impetus to a free form of writing and of production in modern theatre. (Valgemae, 1972) Expressionism plays consist of the extreme simplification of characters to mythic types, choral effects, declamatory dialogue and heightened intensity. In other words, Expressionist plays often dramatise the spiritual awakening and sufferings of their protagonists and are referred to as stationedramen (station drama), modeled on the episodic presentation of the suffering and death of Jesus in the station of the cross.…”

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