Below is a glossary article post in the category A which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Angry Penguins based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Angry Penguins
So, what is actually meant by Angry Penguins?
Angry penguins are modernist literary and artistic movements that are trying to shake the establishment of Australian culture which was rooted in the 1940s.
Explanation of Angry Penguins
Angry Penguins was originally the title of Australian Modernist Literature Journal which was founded in 1940 at the University of Adelaide by four poets: D.B. Kerr, M.H. Harris, P.G. Pfeiffer and G. Dutton. At present Adelaide University is the focus of writing and modernist debate under the influence of the script writer and the poet teacher C.R. Jury, who acts as a magazine protector.
The name became a modernist literary and artistic movement, centered around Harris, who tried to shake the establishment of Australian culture which was rooted in the 1940s. They are seen as young people who are ‘angry’; The rebels in their day. Angry penguins, said Harris, stated ‘noisy and aggressive revolutionary modernism’ and representing new language and new Australian paintings. They are frank and not sorry, demanding to be heard and seen. Artists including Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker.
In 1944, an angry penguin was a victim of a famous literary trick when two opponents made a series of modernist poems by a writer they created named Ern Malley. Harris published it and the storm occurs when the trick was revealed. Harris was tried and punished for publishing dirty words and the cause of modernism in Australia was substantially determined.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix A, as well as terms associated with A.
Meaning of Angry Penguins in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Angry Penguins.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Penguin yang marah (Indonesian), Penguins Angry (Java), and Pinguin ambek in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Penguin marah.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix A. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=angry-penguins
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=angry-penguins
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