Authors of VANGUARDISM and outstanding works
Early twentieth a new artistic and ideological trend emerged that aimed to build a new reality fully adapted to its times. The artists wanted to break with the molds of the past and reflect, through art, the modernization of society and cities. This is what is known as Avant-garde, a current from which undercurrents arose known as "the isms": Surrealism, Dadaism, Expressionism, Futurism, and so on.
In a PROFESSOR we want to discover you most prominent Avant-garde authors In order to, thus, focus on the imprint that this movement had within the field of literature. Authors who were groundbreaking and who cultivated a new way of creating literary texts that was totally original and innovative. Here we discover them!
Index
- Introduction to Avant-garde
- Authors of Existentialism in the vanguards
- Avant-garde authors of narrative
- Avant-garde poetry
- Authors of the Avant-garde theater
Introduction to Vanguardism.
Before introducing you to the most important Avant-garde authors, we want to make a brief paragraph to bring you closer to
avant-garde movement and, thus, to know better what these creators were based on, who both renewed the arts in a general way.The beginning of this trend arose in France and was baptized with the name of "avant-garde". The goal of these creators was update artistic expressions of the time to reflect the revolution that society had experienced in recent decades. We are facing a more technological, more cosmopolitan and more ambitious world; the traces of the Industrial Revolution They could already be felt in society and, therefore, the artists wanted to create an aesthetic that went hand in hand with this new era.
These artists wanted to step forward and break with the rules and traditions to discover new languages and new methods of artistic communication. For some critics, the Avant-garde is one more step from Modernism, a step that these artists who pursue the same objective climb: to modernize the arts and make them in line with their reality.
Within the avant-gardes there are different movements and aesthetics that have been baptized as the "isms": for example, within the best known we highlight the Surrealism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Dadaism, the Futurism, Cubism, and so on.
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Authors of Existentialism in the vanguards.
We began to meet the main authors of the Avant-garde to tell you about one of the currents that, in literature, had the most imprint: Existentialism. Here is a list of the most prominent names for you to know better:
Jean Paul Sartre (France, 1905 - 1980)
Sartrehe is a writer and philosopher that was part of the Avant-garde, specifically, of the existentialist current. He is well known for his philosophical contributions but also for his narrative creations, among which we highlight two highly applauded titles: "Nausea" or "Being and nothingness".
Albert Camus (Algeria, 1913 - France, 1960)
Camus is another of the best known authors of literary Existentialism. He was a novelist, playwright and novelist who in his works launched debates about the meaning of life and the absurdity of human existence. In his bibliography we find such outstanding works as "The plague" or "The fall".
Avant-garde authors of narrative.
We continue with this lesson on the most prominent Avant-garde authors to talk about the writers who dominated the genre of narrative. Although there were many writers of the time, the truth is that those who have most influenced the history of literature are the following:
Marcel Proust (Paris, 1871 - 1922)
He is one of the most acclaimed authors of the avant-garde movement and is famous for his work "In Search of Lost Time." It is a reflective novel that is made up of seven books and where there is a well-known element: Proust's cupcake and the smells that make you travel through your life.
Thomas Mann (Germany, 1875 - 1955)
Mann is another of the most acclaimed novelists of the time and who also stood out within the genre of the essay. His innovation within the narrative is that the vast majority of his works do not have an individual protagonist but rather a collective protagonist. He is also very popular for weaving narratives in which there is hardly any action and where the human being is deeply analyzed. "The magic mountain" or "Death in Venice" are two of the most verbose titles of him.
James Joyce (Ireland, 1882 - 1941)
Another of the great names in avant-garde literature. Joyce has gone down in history thanks to her acclaimed novel "Ulysses" in which a very deep reflection on the human being is carried out. An interior monologue taken to the maximum and considered one of the best literary works of all time. He is also the author of other very outstanding works such as "Dubliners" or "Portrait of the adolescent artist":
Virginia Woolf (England, 1882 - 1941)
The author Virginia Woolf is another of the most acclaimed writers of the European avant-garde. She was a great expert in the realization of interior monologues that allowed us to know in depth the psyche of her characters and give them an incomparable human and real air. Her style is full of symbols and metaphors that give us a very particular and delicate vision of the world. Among the most outstanding books of her we name "The waves", "To the lighthouse" or "Mrs. Dalloway".
Avant-garde poetry.
We are now going to focus on those Avant-garde authors who cultivated poetry. This was one of the favorite genres for many avant-garde writers since the brevity, symbology and poetic metaphor allowed them to create their works with the tone and style they were looking for.
André Breton (France, 18896 - 1966)
Breton is the father of Surrealism and the one who wrote the Surrealist manifesto. This text was intended to be a guide so that creators could join the movement and put consciousness and reason aside. "Nadja" is his most original novel, however, his poetry is where he most demonstrated his style and excellence.
Tristan Tzara (Romania, 1896 - 1963)
Another of the avant-garde authors who most shone in poetry is Tristan tzara who is considered the father of Dadaism. His goal was to break away from any pre-existing art form to create a movement that would break with logic and delve into the absurd.
Guillaume Apollinaire (Rome, 1880 - Paris, 1918)
Apollinaire is also a very prominent name within this movement but his work is difficult to catalog. We have included it as poetry because it provides texts that are full of metaphors and, specifically, it has a work that is well known and that can be read: the calligrams.
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Authors of theater Vanguardism.
We conclude this trip by the authors of the Avant-garde to mention those playwrights who focused their efforts on the dramatic genre. Above all we mention three great artists who, to this day, continue to be represented and studied in the classrooms:
Bertolt Brecht (Germany, 1898 - Berlin, 1956)
Brecth is regarded as the creator of "epic theater" as his plays are steeped in history and political motives. He was a revolutionary author who fought against the bourgeoisie and has a large number of outstanding works such as, for example, "Mother Courage and her children".
Samuel Beckett (Ireland, 1906 - 1989)
He is one of the best known theatrical authors who also wanted to revolutionize the theater by proposing a new aesthetic inspired by the absurd. In fact, Beckett is considered to be one of the most important dramatists of the theater of the absurd. Among the themes most cultivated by the author, it is worth mentioning themes such as loneliness and human existence. "Waiting for Godot" It is his masterpiece.
Eugéne Ionesco (Romania, 1909 - 1994)
But if we talk about theater of the absurd we have to mention another of the great names of the genre: Eugéne Ionesco. In his works, topics such as communication problems between people, loneliness and human existence are dealt with. His most outstanding work is "The bald singer".
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