On the meaning of surrealism to twentieth-century culture:Enlightenment antecedents and postmodern anticipations

This article investigates the meaning of surrealism to the culture of the twentieth century, emphasizing the Enlightenment heritage – language as metaphor, surrealism and its interests in politics and myth, and surrealism as a prepost – modernist style. Th us, it aims to contribute to the studies on...

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Autor principal: Santos, Acácio Luiz
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Revista de Letras 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/3172
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61680
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Sumario:This article investigates the meaning of surrealism to the culture of the twentieth century, emphasizing the Enlightenment heritage – language as metaphor, surrealism and its interests in politics and myth, and surrealism as a prepost – modernist style. Th us, it aims to contribute to the studies on surrealism, literary avant-gardes and literature and culture. Keywords: Literary avant-gardes. Surrealism. Literature and culture. History of literature.