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Worksheet for 3/28 (Fer, pp. 231-244)
and Gloria Orenstein, "Women of Surrealism"
(photocopies on reserve, also on syllabus web site)

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?