ARHI 40460 - Spanish Surrealism seen through the works of Lorca, Dalí and Buñuel

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course offers a close analysis of surrealism in Spanish literature, film, and the plastic arts. We will focus primarily our attention on the artistic output of three of the most universal figures modern Spain has given to the world: Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel. The course begins with the study of the history and main theories of surrealism, including Breton's manifesto and Freud's seminal work Interpretation of Dreams (1900). We will also study the intellectual climate at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid, where the lives of these three friends converged for several years during the decade of the 20's. We will turn our attention to the analysis of a selection of the surrealist plays, poetry, films and paintings authored by this vital triumvirate in contemporary Spanish art. Throughout the course, we will study the way in which these three different art forms borrow from each other and how they complement and supplement themselves. We will also use our close investigation of surrealism to examine arguments for and against the revolutionary import of its key tenets. These tenets include: the subversion of traditional concepts of art; the irrational, the instinctive and the intuitive; art as a form of liberation from constraints like logic and morality, among others; the promotion of an aesthetics of defamiliarization and shock; the vindication of the subconscious and, finally, the connection between personal and artistic revolt and political revolution.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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