SPAN 40.04 Dali, Lorca and Bunuel: The Secrets of Spanish Surrealism

Students will explore one of the most exciting chapters of 20th Century Spanish letters and arts: the aesthetics pursuits of Spanish Avantgarde artists, among them painter Salvador Dali, poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, and film director Luis Bunuel. The course will concentrate on the development of the Avantgarde/Surrealist project as manufactured by some of the most prominent artists of their time. Readings will include, among others, Ortega y Gasset, The Dehumanization of Art, Lorca's Poet in New York, and Dali’s The Secret Life of Salvador Dali, plus the surrealist films created by Dali and Bunuel. 

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