Fritz Strich: “Baroque” Term Origin and Poetic Practice of Expressionism (on the Example of G. Benn)

Abstract

The article reviews the most important works of Fritz Strich, a German literary critic who was the first to use the term “baroque” as applied to literature. In these texts there is a tendency for the Baroque literature to converge with Strich’s modern literary trends - in particular, with expressionism, which had a profound impact on the subsequent development of literary interpretations of the Baroque. In addition, they have a serious influence on modern poetry, for example, G. Benn’s creativity can serve as an example.

Keywords

• USSR
• «Dawn in Russia»
• Soviet-American literary contacts
• publishing policy
• the Soviet press.
• the Soviet press
• baroque
• expressionism
• Gottfried Benn
• Fritz Strich
• German literary criticism