WRITERS AND POETS
Jessica White
Tayla Thorburn
Lauryn Skeels
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS MOVEMENT?
The Aim of the Writers and Poets movement was to create propaganda that illustrated Hitler as
a bad person and a bad leader.
There were four topics that authors and poets usually chose to write about;
1.
Front Experience; To promote the ‘good times’ that would be found in time of war on the
front line
2.
World View promote the views of Hitler and Rosenberg. One of the most famous Nazi
slogans ‘The Germans: The cleanest, most honest people, most efficient and most
industrious’
3.
Regional Novels; Emphasised the excellence of the various regions of Germany.
4.
Racial Doctrine; Emphasised the greatness of the Aryan race when compared to Jews,
Slavs and anyone labelled ‘untermenschen’ (a person considered racially and socially
inferior.)
WHAT IS IT SAYING ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD?
Writers and Poets were highly successful in persuading ones opinion.
Poems and Writing was especially popular after World War One when Authors wrote
about the hardships of war, after experiencing it for themselves. For the first time
people could experience ones pain from their own point of view.
WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES OR
CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS MOVEMENT?
FRAUD
TYRANT
MODERNISM
CORRUPTION
DEMORALISATION
CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
SELF CONSCIOUS BREAK FROM TRADITIONAL STYLES
WHO WERE SOME OF THE KEY PEOPLE?
Andre Breton
(18th February 1896 – 1966)
Andre Breton was born on the 18th of February 1896, in France.
After serving for the military in World War I, he moved to Paris and
joined the cities artistic movement.
It was in the early 1920s that he became one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. He
is known best for writing a Surrealist manifesto that encouraged “free expression and the
release of the subconscious mind”.
Brenton also wrote a novel entitled “Nadja” and many poems before his death in 1966, aged
70.
WHO WERE SOME OF THE KEY PEOPLE?
George Orwell
(1903-1950)
George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was born in India1903.
He was a novelist and critic who was best known for his novel “Animal Farm”,
which was written in 1945.
Orwell was a man known for his strong opinions, and he addressed some of the major political
movements of his times, mainly that of fascism and communism.
Orwell died in 1950, aged only 47.
EXAMPLES OF THE WORK
ANIMAL FARM (1945)
Animal Farm is a story written by Orwell in 1945. The story takes place on a farm,
where the animals have decided to overthrow the abusive farmers. The animals
succeed in overthrowing the farmers, through forming a government called
“Animalism”. But eventually Animalism fails when the farm pigs rise up and take over
where the farmers had left off.
Animalism represents communism; stating that all animals can live equally with no class
distinctions.
The original cover for Animal
Farm.
EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK
Andre Brenton’s Surrealist
manifesto that encouraged
“free expression and the
release of the subconscious
mind”.
Poisson Soluble
or
“Solving Fish”
HOW IS THE WORK RELATED TO THE HISTORICAL
TIME PERIOD 1914-1945
Animal Farm relates back to this time period as it represents
events during and after the Russian revolution of 1917.
The book discusses the pros and cons of communism, when
World War One had officially ended communism was very
popular in Russia.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Biography.com, (2015). [online] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/andr%C3%A9-breton-37471
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Biography.com, (2015). [online] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/george-orwell-9429833#earlylife [Accessed 22 Apr. 2015].
Sparknotes.com, (2015). SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Themes, Motifs & Symbols. [online] Available at:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/themes.html [Accessed 28 Apr. 2015].
Sparknotes.com, (2015). SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Plot Overview. [online] Available at:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/summary.html [Accessed 28 Apr. 2015].
Literature Network Forums, (2009). How is animal farm related to WWII?. [online] Available at: http://www.onlineliterature.com/forums/showthread.php?49376-How-is-animal-farm-related-to-WWII [Accessed 3 May 2015].
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