Experimentation and fragmentation in André Breton's surrealism (1917-1935):
an ethical contrast between different styles of existence.
Keywords:
Surrealism, André Breton, Ethics, Styles of existenceAbstract
https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2025/92244
The article aims to revisit the controversial trajectory of the poet, writer, and leading figure of French surrealism, André Breton (1896-1966), during the period from 1917 to 1935. Specifically, this rereading is approached through an ethical lens, focusing on Breton’s search for a definition of a style of existence that uniquely combines the dual forces of art and revolt, inherited from the 19th century. Within this framework, we aim to demonstrate that this relationship in Breton contains a strong anticynical orientation, based on Michel Foucault's lectures on cynicism in Antiquity. This movement is explored through the poet's controversies with Dadaism, his communist militancy, and his confrontation with the work of Antonin Artaud.
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