Through an analysis of some key theoretical texts of historical Surrealism, this article elucidates the connection between the theor y and practice of artistic Surrealism and the Kellyan concept of reconstruction. Its main thesis is that Surrealism originates in a reconstruction of the most superordinate construct in both Western aesthetics and Western ontology—the construct real–unreal—and that the ultimate aim of Surrealist poetics is to provoke a similar reconstruction in the audience.
Beyond Dream and Reality: Surrealism as Reconstruction
DELL'AVERSANO, CARMEN
2008-01-01
Abstract
Through an analysis of some key theoretical texts of historical Surrealism, this article elucidates the connection between the theor y and practice of artistic Surrealism and the Kellyan concept of reconstruction. Its main thesis is that Surrealism originates in a reconstruction of the most superordinate construct in both Western aesthetics and Western ontology—the construct real–unreal—and that the ultimate aim of Surrealist poetics is to provoke a similar reconstruction in the audience.File in questo prodotto:
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