Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
EU30026: French national option F10: Surrealism |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours |
| Period: | Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| ES67CW33 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take EU20009 |
| Description: | Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims: To develop an understanding of surrealism in relation to French art, culture and society; to explore the concept of surrealism as a revolutionary movement; to study the aims and achievements of this movement, through a wide variety of 'texts', including films, photographs, paintings and writings; to stimulate individual, creative responses. Learning Objectives: On completion of this unit, students will be able to: * demonstrate familiarity with the aims, history, and achievements of the surrealist movement; * situate the movement within a theoretical framework; * analyse a wide range of surrealist 'texts'; * trace the continuing influence of surrealism in contemporary culture; * develop and justify individual critical responses; * describe the relationship between form and content. Content: Topics for study include: surrealist literature, art, and film; Freud, dreams and the subconscious; theories and practice of play; Marx, communism and the surrealist revolution; the surrealist concept of metaphor; the relationship between language and image.Works to be studied include: Aragon, L. (1972), Le Paysan de Paris, Paris: Gallimard; Breton, A.(1975), Manifestes du surrealisme, Paris: Gallimard; Breton, A. and P. Soupault (1967), Les Champs magnétiques, Paris: Gallimard; Buñuel, L. (1929), Un Chien andalou; Buñuel, L. (1930), L'Age d'or; Paintings by: Ernst; Magritte; Dali. |