Worksheet for February 15
(Alexandrian, pp. 60-93; Fer, pp. 176-183;
Waldberg, pp. 81-85, 87-88, 96-100)
French vocabulary that you might need in reading Alexandrian:
abattoir slaughterhouse
détailliste someone who does details
crime passionel a crime of passion (of extreme emotion)
raison d'être purpose for existing
fête galante an aristocratic party in the country
papiers déchirés torn papers
la peinture au défi defiant painting
La Femme 1000 Têtes Woman 100 Heads
Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel Dream
of a Young Girl who wanted to become a Carmelite Nun
Une Semaine de Bonté ou les Sept Éléments Capitaux
A Week of Goodness or the Seven Capital Elements
provacateur a person who provokes
1. 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.
2. These writings are generally about the translation of psychic automatism to visual art forms. Make a list of the different techniques invented by visual artists to accomplish this and of the artists who used each technique.
3. Which of these techniques seems to have best accomplished Surrealist
goals? Discuss the technique in terms of what your authors have to
say about it and in terms of how you see it working in a work of art in
one of your texts (tell me what the work is, which text it is in, and what
page it is on).