Review article

André Breton and Sigmund Freud. French Surrealism and Psychoanalysis in contact

Tea Sokolov ; University of Zadar
Mirna Sindičić-Sabljo orcid.org/0000-0002-3778-158X ; University of Zadar

Abstract

The critical literature on Surrealism insists on the thesis that the surrealist’s theories were under the influence of Freud's psychoanalysis. The purpose of this paper is to analyse, in the context of Freud's reception in France, the relationship between Breton and Freud’s main theories. Breton has developed basic ideas of Surrealism before reading Freud's books, mainly under the influence of contemporary French psychiatric thought (Jean-Martin Charcot and Pierre Janet). Artistic interests of Surrealist movement were far from deep interest in psychoanalysis, so the connection between Surrealism and Freud's psychoanalysis should not be given too much significance. Freud’s interest in unconscious is motivated by the therapeutic purposes, while Breton mainly saw subversive power and artistic potential in the unconscious.

Keywords

automatic writing, French reception of psychoanalysis, hypnosis, madness, unconscious

Hrčak ID:

237512

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/237512

Publication date:

28.4.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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