Trending Literary Movements in Germany — the 12 months to November 2026
The 100 most-viewed literary movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to November 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Romanticism. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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Ranked
126,450
Total Views (the 12 months to November 2026)
1
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
18,504
views
views
2
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
13,582
views
views
3
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
10,397
views
views
4
Vormärz
Period of German history before the 1848 revolution
9,499
views
views
5
Weimar Classicism
German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism
8,568
views
views
6
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
8,285
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
4,492
views
views
8
literary realism
literary movement
3,864
views
views
9
naturalism
literary movement
3,724
views
views
10
expressionism
literary movement
3,214
views
views
11
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
3,133
views
views
12
Neue Sachlichkeit (Literatur)
3,100
views
views
13
Trümmerliteratur
literary movement
2,717
views
views
14
Beat Generation
literary movement
2,509
views
views
15
Baroque literature
literary movement of the Baroque era
2,306
views
views
16
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
2,154
views
views
17
Catalan modernism
architectural and artistic movement originating in late-19th-century Catalonia, Spain
1,925
views
views
18
Jena Romanticism
German philosophical and literary movement
1,905
views
views
19
Sentimentalism
literary movement
1,713
views
views
20
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
1,366
views
views
21
Young Germany
disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850
1,052
views
views
22
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
1,039
views
views
23
verguismo
Italian literary movement
1,035
views
views
24
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
906
views
views
25
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
877
views
views
26
Heidelberg School
literary movement
867
views
views
27
Literatur der Weimarer Republik
792
views
views
28
impressionism
movement in literature
737
views
views
29
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
724
views
views
30
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
697
views
views
31
Renouveau catholique
677
views
views
32
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
664
views
views
33
Poetic realism
movement in 19th-century German literature
664
views
views
34
Acmeist poetry
school of poetry
636
views
views
35
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
565
views
views
36
Swabian poet school
informal association of poets in Tübingen, Germany, 1805-1808
530
views
views
37
Précieuses
art movement in literature
524
views
views
38
Atticism
rhetorical movement originating from 1st century BC Greece
420
views
views
39
Petrarchism
literary style inspired by Petrarch
408
views
views
40
Nouveau Roman
French literary movement
334
views
views
41
visual poetry
poetry where the text’s layout, typography, and visual arrangement enhance its meaning, blending design with literary art
313
views
views
42
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
306
views
views
43
hermeticism
literary movement in poetry started in Italy
304
views
views
44
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
289
views
views
45
parnassianism
19th century French literary movement
288
views
views
46
Heimatkunst
literary movement
264
views
views
47
La Pléiade
group of French Renaissance poets
222
views
views
48
Grobianismus
204
views
views
49
Modernismo
Spanish-American literary movement
184
views
views
50
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
182
views
views
51
Generation of '98
literary movement in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War
156
views
views
52
Latin translations of the 12th century
142
views
views
53
Positivism in Poland
socio-cultural movement in Poland after the 1863 January Uprising
137
views
views
54
Poetism
Czech art and literature movement
131
views
views
55
Costumbrismo
art movement
126
views
views
56
Félibrige
association to promote Occitan language
121
views
views
57
Scapigliatura
Milanese artistic and literary movement of the sixties of the 1800s
104
views
views
58
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
91
views
views
59
Dolce Stil Novo
literary movement
91
views
views
60
Sardinian Literary Spring
millennial period of literature of Sardinia, Italy
91
views
views
61
Saudosismo
Portuguese aesthetic and philosophical movement
88
views
views
62
Gruppo 63
Italian literary movement
86
views
views
63
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
84
views
views
64
Thirties Generation
art and literary movement in Greece
78
views
views
65
Saxon School of Poetry
group of poets in East Germany
75
views
views
66
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
74
views
views
67
Turpismus
literary procedure
66
views
views
68
Garip
a poetry movement that defends the need to avoid stereotypes and is based on beauty of phraseology by opposing formalism and sentimentalism
59
views
views
69
The First Generation of Postwar Writers
overview about The First Generation of Postwar Writers
58
views
views
70
New Formalism
movement in American poetry since the 1970s
56
views
views
71
Ultraist movement
Spanish literary movement opposing modernism
53
views
views
72
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.
50
views
views
73
Cockney School
group of 19th-century English poets and essayists
50
views
views
74
creacionismo
literary movement
45
views
views
75
crepuscolarism
45
views
views
76
Graveyard poets
pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century
44
views
views
77
Gongorism
40
views
views
78
imaginism
Russian poetry movement
37
views
views
79
Zweite Neue
37
views
views
80
Stridentism
Mexican literary movement
35
views
views
81
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
33
views
views
82
Zeitschriften der Romantik
31
views
views
83
San Francisco Renaissance
American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub
31
views
views
84
School of Lyon
group of poets, humanists and scholars from Lyon
31
views
views
85
Chinese nature poetry
Poems from China with the topic nature
29
views
views
86
concretism
movement in arts and literature
29
views
views
87
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
28
views
views
88
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.
25
views
views
89
Angry Penguins
art and literary movement in Australia
24
views
views
90
artistic indianism
Brazilian literary and artistic movement
23
views
views
91
Májovci
Czech literary group
22
views
views
92
Xungen movement
root-searching movement in China
21
views
views
93
Wuppertal poets' circle
1850s literary circle in Wuppertal, Germany
19
views
views
94
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies
school of Chinese literature in the early 20th century
17
views
views
95
The Movement
English literary movement of the 1950s
17
views
views
96
Lieutenant prose
15
views
views
97
Hungry generation
1960s literary movement in the Bengali language
12
views
views
98
Arbujad
1930s literary movement in Estonia
11
views
views
99
Ultra-Romanticism
19th century Portuguese literacy and artistic movement
11
views
views
100
Siuru
Estonian literary movement
10
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