"Through the analysis of narratives, paintings, and objets surrealistes by Breton, Aragon, Dali, and others, Malt examines how the object emerges as psychologically and historically marked in the surrealist context, functioning as both fetish and fetishized commodity. Responding…
This dissertation studies the role of music in the twentieth-century French novel. It identifies a tension between Western classical music as a model of (social or aesthetic) harmony and the idea of notes taking sides. Novels take sides in debates about music and aesthetics, or …
Cette étude propose une lecture de quatre textes narratifs surréalistes traitant de la promenade dans Paris, tous publiés entre 1926 et 1928, la période la plus productive du mouvement surréaliste : Nadja d'André breton, Le Paysan de Paris de Louis Aragon, La liberté ou l'amour …
Investigates the powers and limits of psychoanalysis, focusing on whether, in our contemporary "entertainment" culture, rebellion is still a viable option and whether it is still possible to build and embrace a counterculture. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel c…