Contemporary
French Poetry Anthology
Published by
Toni Allen
Introduction
Contemporary French poetry can
be classified by most poets in two ways, either Dadaism or Surrealism. Dadaism,
born in 1916, was away for the artist to make fun of their current era; to put
it more philosophically Dadaist didn’t have any respect for regular moral
value. Surrealism, born in 1924 by Andre Breton, was away of looking at life
using the deep unconscious of the mind. The best way to think of it is abstract,
meaning what was written was not always what it appeared, as well as, an
individual would need to have the ability to think in an unreal state of mind.
Best way to think about Surrealism is a dream. What caused artist, of all sorts,
to begin thinking this way was World War I, which caused hard times for
everyone.
LIST OF POETS
References
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