“The Never–Fading Phenomenon of Expressionism”: Russian Studies of Expressionism in the 21st Century

Abstract

The article analyses and systematizes the results of Russian research on German and Russian Expressionism in the past 15 years. The author focuses on large collective research projects on history and theory of Russian and German literature, which study Expressionism as an integral part of the literary process, as well as on individual research of literary critics and linguists. The geography of Russian studies of Expressionism covers research centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Samara.