Sumatraism

Sumatraism is an avant-garde art movement created by Serbian writer Miloš Crnjanski. Crnjanski had set the principles of Sumatraism during World War I, and proclaimed it in his 1920 text Explanation of Sumatra.

Crnjanski based Sumatraism on the influence of Expressionism and Futurism, introducing his vision of cosmic harmony. His concept included the most important topics of contemporary avant-garde art: primal force, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the hope for a new beginning.

References

  1. ↑ Николић, Љиљана; Милић, Босиљка (January 2007) [1989]. "Речник књижевнотеоријских појмова". Читанка са књижевнотеоријским појмовима за III разред средње школе (in Serbian). Belgrade: Завод за уџбенике. p. 328. ISBN 978-86-17-14339-6. Суматраизам је поетски, филозофски, животни став који је Милош Црњански прокламовао у свом песничком фесту Објашњење "Суматре" (СКГ, 1920).
  2. 1 2 Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (2004). "Poeticizing prose in Croatian and Serbian Modernism". History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. p. 412. ISBN 90-272-3452-3. Influenced by Expressionism and Futurism, Crnjanski postulated already during World War I the principles of avant-garde program, for which he introduced the term Sumatraism in 1920. His concept covered the most important topoi of contemporary avant-garde art: primal force, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the hope for a new beginning. Sumatraism was based on a vision of cosmic harmony.