Murderer, Hope of Women

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Murderer, Hope of Women is an early 20th-century Expressionist play by Oskar Kokoschka, known for its intense psychological themes and avant-garde, proto-Expressionist style.

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Murderer, Hope of Women canonical 1
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen 1

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instanceOf Expressionist play ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Oskar Kokoschka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dramaticTechnique highly condensed action ⓘ
non-naturalistic dialogue ⓘ
stylized gesture ⓘ
symbolic color and lighting ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Austria ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1909 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLanguage German ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Vienna ⓘ
form one-act play ⓘ
genre Expressionism ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasDramatisPersonae female protagonist ⓘ
male protagonist ⓘ
hasMainConflict violent struggle between man and woman ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen ⓘ
historicalSignificance important work in early 20th-century avant-garde theatre ⓘ
one of the earliest Expressionist dramas ⓘ
influenced Expressionist theatre ⓘ
German-language avant-garde drama ⓘ
influencedBy early 20th-century Viennese modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
narrativeMode symbolic ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
setting symbolic, non-naturalistic stage space ⓘ
style avant-garde ⓘ
proto-Expressionist ⓘ
theme eroticism ⓘ
gender relations ⓘ
intense psychological conflict ⓘ
love and destruction ⓘ
power struggle ⓘ
violence ⓘ
tone intense ⓘ
psychologically charged ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
writer Oskar Kokoschka ⓘ

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Oskar Kokoschka → notableWork → Murderer, Hope of Women ⓘ
Murderer, Hope of Women → hasTitleInOriginalLanguage → Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen ⓘ
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