Youth and Poetry:Taking"the Youngest Generation"of the Era of Kaiser William Ⅱ as an Example
"The youngest generation"refers to German expressionist poets led by Jakob van Hoddis and Georg Heym,with two definitions.In terms of age,they were born in 1885-1896 and contemporaries of the era of Kaiser William Ⅱ.Spiritually,they represented the most youthful traits such as sensitivity,rebellion and violence,and had a special relationship with World War I.In the past,research on German expressionism mainly focused on its avant-garde aspects such as aesthetic politics,its youthful characteristics have not yet aroused the interest of researchers."Youth"is an important theme in Chinese and foreign literature and culture in the 20th century.As a case of"youth",its literary form and life politics reflect the trend of the times and show a avant-garde nature.
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