Du symbolisme au surréalisme/ From Symbolism to Surrealism

3 credits · Undergraduate

Analysis of the evolution of French literature from the various symbolist manners of Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Lautréamont and Laforgue, through the period of Jarry and Dada, to the aspirations and paradoxes of Surrealism viewed, principally, through the work of Breton, Eluard, Aragon and Desnos. PREREQUISITES: 3000-level French literature course or instructor's permission. FORMATS: Seminar