Foreign vocabulary:
Histoire de l'oeil History of the
Eye
Minotaure Minotaur (mythical half man,
half bull)
La femme, les femmes woman, women
femme-enfant child-woman
Erotique du Surréalism The Surrealist Erotic
La Femme Fatale The Fatal Woman
drame surréaliste surrealist drama
Magna Mater Great Mother
La Dame Ovale The Oval Woman
Petit Sphinx Guardien Small Guardian Sphinx
Le Fait Accompli the thing already done
Morgenstunde Morningtime
La Chambre Noir The Black Bedroom
El Mundo Mágico de los Mayas The Magic World of the Mayas
Une Chemise de Nuit de Flanelle A Flanel Nightshirt
L'Invention du Môlé The Invention of Molé
(a chocolate sauce)
El Topo The Dunce
Anthologie de L'Humour Noir Anthologie of Black Humor
Le Déjeuner en Fourrure Fur Lunch
Armonia Harmony
le hasard objectif objective chance
Vagabundo Vagabond
Encuentro Encounter
le merveilleux the marvelous
el camino real the royal road
Un Hogar Sólido A Solid Place
la clé des champs the key to the fields
Temps Mêlés Mixed Times
La Goutte d'Eau The Taste of Water
Cris Cries
Déchirures Tears (as in torn things)
Les Gisants Satisfaits The Satisfied Giants
La Pointe The Point
Rapaces Birds of Prey
Carré Blanc The White Square
ça that
Le Bleu des Fonds The Blue of the Deep
2. List the vocabulary words (in English) that you don't understand. Look up their definitions in the dictionary and write them down. If you don't find definitions, note that. Provide a minimum of five words.
3. In your own words, summarize the the problems faced by women artists who belonged to the Surrealist movement (making reference to what you learned from Fer).
4. Which of the various solutions presented by women artists as
described by Orenstein do you find the most interesting, and why?