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Die Technik im Drama des Expressionismus

Leydecker, Karl (2001) Die Technik im Drama des Expressionismus. Kodikas/Code: Ars Semeiotica: An International Journal of Semiotics, 24 (1). pp. 73-81. ISSN 0171-0834. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4739)

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Abstract

This essay summarizes the representation of technology in Expressionist drama in general and the plays of Ernst Toller in particular and takes issue with the critical consensus that it was the First World War which triggered a decisive shift in the depiction of technology in German literature. It concludes that the presentation of technology remains ambivalent, but that around the time of the first World War there is a shift from a vitalistic enthusiasm for technology towards a more sober acceptance of the need to recognize the positive potential of technology, despite all its present negative effects.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: audiovisual media
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PT German literature
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Karl Leydecker
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2008 10:50 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:43 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4739 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Leydecker, Karl.

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