Namita Paul
Associate Professor in the Department of English, Kamala Nehru College,University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
E-mail address: npaul@knc.du.ac.in
Abstract
This research article explores the intersections between expressionist art, literature and their relationship with Weimar Cinema. There is an analysis of aesthetic connections and the role they play in the shared ideology of rebellion. Weimar Cinema , particular films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis and Nosferatu are studied as the final outcome of the synthesis of stylistic, political and ideological influences of Expressionist art , architecture, poetry ,plays ,novels and music. A close reading of the films is placed in conjunction with an understanding of the political climate of the period and its relationship with modernism. Representations of the City across these mediums is studied to understand the relationship between urbanization and individual subjectivity in these texts. The paper traces the growth and decline of Expressionism to highlight the trajectory of an important modernist movement
Keywords: Expressionism; Weimar Cinema; ; City; Modernism; Aesthetics