LITERATURE 151 [ Spring 2007] [ Duke University]                   Return to syllabus

DADA / Surrealism Jean-Jacques Thomas                                        

One short papers or exposés (5 pages/20 minutes)     30%

 One final research paper (12 pages) 30%                                                   

Class participation 10%

Description: The international DADA and Surrealism movements in their multiple international and polymorphic manifestations: literature, painting, theater, film, music and autobiography. Manifestoes and politics of aesthetics. In English, knowledge of French, German or Italian desirable for specialized works.

Text books: Web Page ( http://www.ieeff.org/lit151homepage07.html)

 

Suggested: Maurice Nadeau, The History of Surrealism / Robert Motherwell, The Dada Painters and Poets / Ado Kyrou, Le Surréalisme au cinéma

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