ANALYSING EXPRESSIONISM IN EUGENE O’ NEILL’S THE EMPEROR JONES

Author Name: Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat

Volume/Issue: 02/09

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2022-15426858/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Contractual Lecturer, Department of English, University of Kashmir, J and K, India

ABSTRACT

The movement of Expressionism seems to have arisen as a kind of revolt against the mutual exclusiveness of romanticism and realism. It is a revolt, on the one hand, against the tendency of realism and naturalism and, on the other, against the tendency of realism or naturalism to satisfy itself with a scrupulous representation of the surfaces of life, the speech, manners, emotions and ideas of one or another class in society. The expressionists cry for a “real” reality. This reality indicates the inner world of thought and vision. They are profoundly interested in psychology and they celebrate the supremacy of spirit over matter. They deal with the subjective, with ‘inner’ realities of human mind.

Key words: Expressionism, Eugene, O Neill, Romanticism, realism