Zaum poetry
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Zaum poetry is an experimental form of sound-based, transrational verse developed by Russian Futurist poets that emphasizes invented words and phonetic expression over conventional meaning.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde poetry
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experimental literature ⓘ literary movement ⓘ poetic style ⓘ sound poetry ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
break with traditional literary language
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create a universal poetic language ⓘ express subconscious or pre-rational states ⓘ liberate words from fixed meanings ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
Cubo-Futurists
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Hylaea (Gileya) Futurist group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedByMovement | Russian Futurist poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Russian Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| emergedInCountry |
Russia
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Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1910s ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
beyonsense
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transrational poetry ⓘ zaum ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Russian word "zaum" meaning "beyond the mind" or "transrational" ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic |
anti-bourgeois stance
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association with radical artistic politics ⓘ disruption of conventional syntax ⓘ emphasis on sound over semantic meaning ⓘ exploration of pre-logical speech ⓘ focus on pure phonetic expression ⓘ musicality of language ⓘ non-referential language ⓘ performance orientation ⓘ phonetic experimentation ⓘ rejection of standard vocabulary ⓘ rejection of traditional poetic forms ⓘ transrational language ⓘ use of fragmented words ⓘ use of invented words ⓘ use of neologisms ⓘ use of onomatopoeia ⓘ visual experimentation in typography ⓘ |
| hasNotableProponent |
Aleksei Kruchyonykh
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Benedikt Livshits NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Terentiev NERFINISHED ⓘ Velimir Khlebnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Mayakovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalFormulationBy |
Aleksei Kruchyonykh
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Velimir Khlebnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dada poetry
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concrete poetry ⓘ experimental theater ⓘ later avant-garde poetics ⓘ performance art ⓘ sound poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Futurism
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symbolist experiments with language ⓘ |
| relatedToConcept |
language of the future
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linguistic experimentation ⓘ nonsense literature ⓘ phonetic symbolism ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
experimental books and pamphlets
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live performance ⓘ printed manifestos ⓘ |
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