Sumatraism

Sumatraism is an avant-garde art movement created by Serbian writer Miloš Crnjanski. Crnjanski had set the principles of Sumatraism during World War I, and proclaimed it in his 1920 text Explanation of Sumatra.{{cite book

| last1 = Николић

| first1 = Љиљана

| last2 = Милић

| first2 = Босиљка

| title = Читанка са књижевнотеоријским појмовима за III разред средње школе

| orig-year = 1989

| date= January 2007

| publisher = Завод за уџбенике

| location = Belgrade

| language = sr

| isbn = 978-86-17-14339-6

| pages = 328

| chapter = Речник књижевнотеоријских појмова

| quote = Суматраизам је поетски, филозофски, животни став који је Милош Црњански прокламовао у свом песничком фесту Објашњење "Суматре" (СКГ, 1920).

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| last1 = Cornis-Pope

| first1 = Marcel

| last2 = Neubauer

| first2 = John

| title = History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe

| year = 2004

| publisher = John Benjamins

| location = Amsterdam/Philadelphia

| isbn = 90-272-3452-3

| pages = 412

| chapter = Poeticizing prose in Croatian and Serbian Modernism

| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pV6sFB-KuU8C&q=sumatraism&pg=PA412

| quote = Influenced by Expressionism and Futurism, Crnjanski postulated already during World War I the principles of avant-garde program, for which he introduced the term Sumatraism in 1920. His concept covered the most important topoi of contemporary avant-garde art: primal force, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the hope for a new beginning. Sumatraism was based on a vision of cosmic harmony.

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Crnjanski based Sumatraism under the influence of Expressionism and Futurism, introducing his vision of cosmic harmony. His concept included the most important topics of contemporary avant-garde art: primal force, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the hope for a new beginning.