LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:12 December 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Abstraction and Artistic Volition:
Expressionist Reflection on Siegfried Sassoon’s Select War Poems:
Attack, Glory of Women, Counter-Attack, Expression of War experiences, and Dreamers

Rehana Kousar, M.Phil. English Literature
Nida Sarfraz, M.Phil. English Literature
Khamsa Qasim


Abstract

This research explores representation of reality in Siegfried Sassoon’s selected poems. It uses expressionist elements such as abstraction, artistic volition and interior monologue. It takes light from the expressionist artists such as Van Gogh, Edvard Munch and Strindberg. Expressionism is a style of artistic creation. It expresses feelings. It rejects imitation, mimesis and representation of the external world. It promotes spontaneity through the artistic volition, abstraction and interior monologue. It argues that reality is not objective. It is subjective, varying from person to person as individuals have the capacity to redefine it. Sassoon reveals truth through irony, fear of death, psychological strain and physical exhaustion of the young soldiers. He narrates an ironic difference between the horrific experiences of soldiers and the calm conditions in which other civilians live. This work provides a new outlook to the readers to visualize Sassoon’s poetry in a new perspective.

Keywords: Expressionism, Siegfried Sassoon, Abstraction, Artistic Volition, Interior Monologue, Young Soldiers

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Rehana Kousar, M.Phil. English Literature
Rehanali964@gmail.com
G.C University Faisalabad Pakistan

Nida Sarfraz, M.Phil. English Literature
G.C University Faisalabad Pakistan

Khamsa Qasim
Lecturer
G.C University Faisalabad
Pakistan
khamsaqasim@yahoo.com
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