НАДРЕАЛИЗМОТ И ЖЕНИТЕ
Surrealism and Women
Author(s): Lidija Kapuševska-DrakulevskaSubject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: avant-garde; surrealism; André Breton; feminine principle
Summary/Abstract: Surrealism, as one of the most famous intellectual movements in history, is considered the most comprehensive aesthetic revolution of the 20th century, on the one hand, but on the other, it is also a sexist movement, since there is not a single woman in the group around André Breton. In the context of the avant-garde, surrealism is probably the only movement in the post-romantic era that glorifies the feminine principle, but only as an instigator of “male” creativity. On the other hand, there is no other movement with so many active women artists (in painting), which is not the case with the literary context, where their absence is noticeable. The question of surrealism and women, however controversial, is very important; it is one of the key questions that, even after a hundred years, surrealism is still relevant, stimulating, provocative...
Journal: Context/Контекст
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 27-39
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Macedonian
