Lit’ Chat : Surrealism – an introduction

49 thoughts on “Lit’ Chat : Surrealism – an introduction”

1. Thank you for the video, very interesting! Surrealism is also my favorite movement, and while I've read some surrealist works, I'm more familiar with paintings. I will definitely check out your recommendations, but I wish I understood French better to read surrealist poems straight from the source, without translation. It will be a completely different poem in Russian or English, that's for sure 🙂 I like that surrealism is so elusive, just like our mind when we go to sleep and have dreams… You really have to feel it and be more abstract with your thinking to "understand" it, as it comes from such a subconscious place. I would love to hear more from you on this topic and about Dada, as well. Take care!

2. wow that was super interesting i'm looking forward for more!
   c'est ma prof de littérature britanique qui va être contente 🙂

3. Thanks for this video! Surrealism is surprisingly underrepresented on YouTube, especially the literary kind. You seem to have a lot to say about this topic, so please make all the sequels that you want!
   I like Breton and Eluard very much. English translations of Aragon are harder to find, so I guess I'll need to learn French to read him. ☺

   Can you recommend any women surrealist writers? Most female surrealists that I've heard of are painters. The only writers who come to mind are Anais Nin and Djuna Barnes.

4. Pourquoi t'aime pas du tout Artaud?
   (c'est une video très interessante, merci pour l'avoir partagé avec nous!)

5. Could you maybe suggest some works about surrealism that focus on politics? (for example you mentioned surrealism and communism) Also do you know perhaps some surrealist painters?
   Loved the video and hope you make more lit' chats! 🙂

6. Hoping this is the first of many videos on the subject!! I would love to know about the distinguishment between Dadaism and Surrealism! And /of course/ I am interested in Japanese Surrealism so I would love to hear about what you've been uncovering for your thesis in that respect!!!! 🙂

7. yaaassss, been waiting for this for such a long time

8. you're so so pretty! I wish I looked like you 🙁

9. What mouvement do you support ?

10. I died when you said "fRRRReadom". That made my day

11. thanks you very much, very interesting!

12. I have not read much surrealism but I do love the art and literary works of the great female exponent of the movement Leonora Carrington her work is so personal, magical, creepy and it impacts you in a subconscious level!!..
    Leave you a link of one of her stories and artwork hope you enjoy them , I guess if you are doing a masters degree on surrealism you are familiar with her yet I wanted to share I really admire her deeply:
    Leonora Carrington:
    Story: https://biblioklept.org/2013/11/04/the-beloved-leonora-carrington/
    artwork:http://www.theartstory.org/artist-carrington-leonora.htm

13. I really like how you talk about so many absolutely different subjects in such a personal way. Could you recommend a french surrealist film? I've seen Orphée as a teenager, impressive. I'd like to see more.

14. make more vids in French please – I love listening to your voice!
    (great hair color)

15. I am really enjoying hearing your views on philosophy (in your last video, "Are we good or bad?") and now on Surrealism. Thank you for sharing!

16. Would like to watch more more about surrealism. Really interested in this topic. I have read "Nadya" by Andre Breton. I like a book "In watermelon sugar" by American contrcultural writer from 60-s – Richard Brautigan. And I think that another American writer William Seward Burroughs is close to surrealism style while he used his "cut-up technique" for writing. And surrealism is very suitable style for visual arts, and now it's so popular. It's huge topic for discussion.

17. I just love your videos ❤

18. I can listen you forever.

19. Impuurant haha love your french accent

20. ooh please make those sequels about surrealism! i learned about dada and other art movements in secondary school but it was nowhere near as interesting as you make this sound. i love how knowledgeable and passionate you are! xo

21. I love these videos about literature 🙂

22. awesome vid, researched surrealist works for hours after watching this

23. Can you make a video on Napoleon Bonaparte? I'm very curious on how the French view him and his actions

24. Surrealism and magical realism are the same?

25. I've seen exhibitions of surrealist art.I really can't imagine what literature would be like. Does it not seem odd having a revolution against 'order' but also have leaders and rules? How do you explain that contradiction?

26. I love these literary videos! It would be amazing if you made one in French as well 🙂 thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I really like learning about this 🙂

27. I bet this question appeared many times but can somebody tell me where those glasses might be from? 🙂

28. Please continue these series about surrealism!!! I would love it

29. Juste une question, pourquoi répéter sans cesse "you know"?

30. I think you found your calling!! This videos talking about philosophy and school of thoughts etc. are just AMAZING!

31. J'me posais une question: Est-ce qu'on peut considérer les œuvres de Miyazaki comme du surréalisme ? Par exemple son fameux "Le Voyage de Chihiro". Ou est-ce que c'est juste du fantastique ?

32. Can you explain the type of writing style that characterises surrealism? Specific techniques, tone, specific examples and how surrealism could achieve more because why etc. I love this video. Please do another if you can! 🙂

33. Very interesting Emy! thank you for making these types of videos they're really informative and if you want to talk about any other mouvement please do so.

34. This was so great!! Love your videos sooo much <'33

35. You are amazing! Congrats

36. You didn't mention Benjamin Péret!

37. I don't think France has produced anything of quality since ww1. This includes all the arts, sorry you we're born in a ghost country that thinks its still alive and relevant.

38. Earlier this year "The Arthritic Grasshopper: Collected Stories, 1934-­1944" by Gisèle Prassinos was released by the great Wakefield Press.

39. This was spot-on.

40. https://www.facebook.com/Auringonsali/

41. Je trouve ça vraiment très intéressant, j'ai regardé plusieurs de tes vidéos à ce sujet, mais comptes-tu faire plus de vidéos sur le surréalisme? Ce serait vraiment génial 🙂

42. No es surrealismo, España es parte de la exposición International Surrealism Now en Portugal.
    http://www.personxxi.com/index.php/gente-y-cultura/1682-2017-12-24-14-49-08.html

43. I really enjoyed this video, thank you!

44. Great video and summarises surrealism very very concisely!

45. I had to write a blog post for honors lit comparing the use of surrealism in two authors' works. This really helped me pick out the examples I needed. Thank you!

46. Recently started getting interested in surrealism so this video is really helpful. I've never been into poetry, you could say I even hated reading it as I never understood it and as an amateur fiction writer I wasnt good at creating poems in school. But I stumbled across a poem by Desnos that really struck to me – although with a very different and personal interpretation. Its called in English "I've Dreamed Of You So Much". Now I borrowed "Liberty or Love", there was one book by Aragon I found interesting but sadly there is no English translation, so will check out other authors. Any tips on reading/understanding surrealism would be helpful:)

47. An image depicting a perception between a nightmare and fantasy, that's my definition of the so called surrealism

48. I wish someone could tell me more about Japanese and Korean surrealism… Anyone that can suggest to me something helpful here?

49. thank you, nice video. Do you know any writings on Japanese surrealism in english? Merci

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