Trending Literary Movements in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed literary movements on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Romanticism. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
59,810
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
9,269
views
views
2
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
6,511
views
views
3
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
4,928
views
views
4
Vormärz
Period of German history before the 1848 revolution
4,486
views
views
5
Weimar Classicism
German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism
4,224
views
views
6
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
3,874
views
views
7
New Objectivity
attitude of public life in Weimar Germany as well as the art, literature, music, and architecture created to adapt to it
2,167
views
views
8
literary realism
literary movement
1,846
views
views
9
naturalism
literary movement
1,709
views
views
10
expressionism
literary movement
1,691
views
views
11
Neue Sachlichkeit (Literatur)
1,473
views
views
12
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
1,339
views
views
13
Trümmerliteratur
literary movement
1,290
views
views
14
Beat Generation
literary movement
1,099
views
views
15
Baroque literature
literary movement of the Baroque era
1,041
views
views
16
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
968
views
views
17
Sentimentalism
literary movement
852
views
views
18
Jena Romanticism
German philosophical and literary movement
808
views
views
19
Catalan modernism
architectural and artistic movement originating in late-19th-century Catalonia, Spain
725
views
views
20
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
597
views
views
21
verguismo
Italian literary movement
459
views
views
22
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
452
views
views
23
Young Germany
disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850
451
views
views
24
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
415
views
views
25
Heidelberg School
literary movement
409
views
views
26
Literatur der Weimarer Republik
397
views
views
27
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
378
views
views
28
Poetic realism
movement in 19th-century German literature
360
views
views
29
impressionism
movement in literature
353
views
views
30
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
352
views
views
31
Acmeist poetry
school of poetry
327
views
views
32
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
292
views
views
33
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
289
views
views
34
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
282
views
views
35
Précieuses
art movement in literature
278
views
views
36
Renouveau catholique
223
views
views
37
Swabian poet school
informal association of poets in Tübingen, Germany, 1805-1808
222
views
views
38
Atticism
rhetorical movement originating from 1st century BC Greece
182
views
views
39
Petrarchism
literary style inspired by Petrarch
161
views
views
40
Nouveau Roman
French literary movement
147
views
views
41
visual poetry
poetry where the text’s layout, typography, and visual arrangement enhance its meaning, blending design with literary art
144
views
views
42
parnassianism
19th century French literary movement
141
views
views
43
Marinism
name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino, following in particular La Lira and L'Adone
139
views
views
44
hermeticism
literary movement in poetry started in Italy
129
views
views
45
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
125
views
views
46
Heimatkunst
literary movement
124
views
views
47
La Pléiade
group of French Renaissance poets
103
views
views
48
Grobianismus
103
views
views
49
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
77
views
views
50
Modernismo
Spanish-American literary movement
76
views
views
51
Generation of '98
literary movement in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War
72
views
views
52
Positivism in Poland
socio-cultural movement in Poland after the 1863 January Uprising
55
views
views
53
Félibrige
association to promote Occitan language
55
views
views
54
Costumbrismo
art movement
52
views
views
55
Latin translations of the 12th century
52
views
views
56
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
43
views
views
57
Indigenismo
trend in social and political thought, visual arts, and literature in Latin American countries where Indians make up a significant part of the population, rehabilitating them
43
views
views
58
Dolce Stil Novo
literary movement
43
views
views
59
Sardinian Literary Spring
millennial period of literature of Sardinia, Italy
41
views
views
60
Thirties Generation
art and literary movement in Greece
41
views
views
61
Saudosismo
Portuguese aesthetic and philosophical movement
40
views
views
62
New Formalism
movement in American poetry since the 1970s
40
views
views
63
Garip
a poetry movement that defends the need to avoid stereotypes and is based on beauty of phraseology by opposing formalism and sentimentalism
39
views
views
64
The First Generation of Postwar Writers
overview about The First Generation of Postwar Writers
39
views
views
65
Saxon School of Poetry
group of poets in East Germany
39
views
views
66
Scapigliatura
Milanese artistic and literary movement of the sixties of the 1800s
38
views
views
67
Gruppo 63
Italian literary movement
36
views
views
68
Cockney School
group of 19th-century English poets and essayists
35
views
views
69
Turpismus
literary procedure
35
views
views
70
Ultraist movement
Spanish literary movement opposing modernism
35
views
views
71
Poetism
Czech art and literature movement
33
views
views
72
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
33
views
views
73
crepuscolarism
27
views
views
74
Zweite Neue
25
views
views
75
Graveyard poets
pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century
24
views
views
76
Neoavanguardia
avant-garde Italian literary movement involved in formal experimentation in language: N. Balestrini, E. Sanguineti, U. Eco, A. Porta, E. Pagliarani, G. Manganelli, L. Malerba, F. Leonetti, F. Lucentini, A. Rosselli, S. Vassalli, L. Voce, etc.
23
views
views
77
creacionismo
literary movement
21
views
views
78
San Francisco Renaissance
American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub
21
views
views
79
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
21
views
views
80
Stridentism
Mexican literary movement
17
views
views
81
Zeitschriften der Romantik
17
views
views
82
Gongorism
16
views
views
83
School of Lyon
group of poets, humanists and scholars from Lyon
15
views
views
84
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
15
views
views
85
Chinese nature poetry
Poems from China with the topic nature
14
views
views
86
imaginism
Russian poetry movement
14
views
views
87
Májovci
Czech literary group
13
views
views
88
Angry Penguins
art and literary movement in Australia
13
views
views
89
scar literature
Chinese literature portraying damage caused by the Cultural Revolution; Chinese fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s that focuses on the physical and mental suffering that occurred during the Cultural Revolution.
12
views
views
90
Wuppertal poets' circle
1850s literary circle in Wuppertal, Germany
9
views
views
91
Xungen movement
root-searching movement in China
8
views
views
92
artistic indianism
Brazilian literary and artistic movement
8
views
views
93
concretism
movement in arts and literature
8
views
views
94
Arbujad
1930s literary movement in Estonia
7
views
views
95
Zhanguoce Pai
7
views
views
96
Lieutenant prose
7
views
views
97
Ultra-Romanticism
19th century Portuguese literacy and artistic movement
6
views
views
98
Shinkō Geijutsu-ha
6
views
views
99
Populismus (Literatur)
5
views
views
100
Siuru
Estonian literary movement
5
views
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