SPAN 40.04 The Secrets of Spanish Surrealism: Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel

The course will explore the aesthetics pursuits of some of the most relevant Spanish Avant-garde artists of the 20th century, among them Federico Garcia Lorca and Vicente Aleixandre (poets), Salvador Dali and Maruja Mallo (painters), and Luis Bunuel (film director). We will examine the development of the Avant-garde and Surrealist project within the artistic and political context of the “Generation of 1927”. Readings will include, among others, Ortega y Gasset, The Dehumanization of Art, Andre Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, Ismos, Dali’s autobiography The Secret Life, as well as experimental fiction and poetry by the most accomplished writers of the period.

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:LIT; WCult:W

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