Surrealism Quiz

who started Surrealism?

Andre Braton

surrealism looked toward symbolism for a form that would unlock some greater truth of _________.

existence

The movement was influenced by the theories of _____ and on an emphasis of the __________as well as the world of ______-

Freud, unconscious, dreams

surrealist theater sought a way to synthesize __________ and _______

life, death

Surrealism want’s the past/ future, high/low to not be perceived as ____________

contradicitions

the basic idea of surrealim was to merge the ___ _____ world and ________ _______ into one awesome ___________ _________

internal subjective, external reality, super reality

surrealism went for the idea of _________ an idea that the artist would write or do whatever came into their head

automatism

“pure psychic automatism, by which one intends to express verbally, in writing or by any other method, the real functioning of the mind”

Andre Braton’s definition of surrealism in his first Manifesto

“surrealism aims at the total recovery of our psychic force by a means which is noting other than a dizzying descent into ourselves”

Andre Braton’s definition of surrealism in his second Manifesto

The most famous surrealist play is _____ _______ _________ ___________

The Breasts of Tiresias

Who wrote The Breasts of Tiresias and in what year?

Poinar, 1902

what is the name of the play that has elements of symbolism, dadism, surrealism, & naturalism?

Ubu Roi

who wrote Ubu roi?

Alfred Jar

what was the play Ubu roi origionally staged as?

a puppet play

What was the play Ubu Roi about?

it was a satire of Jar’s highschool physics teacher and a parody of Macbeth

where was the play Ubu roi staged at? When?

Tatra Deau, 1896

In the pay Ubu roi, what did the actors wear?

When the audience heard the first words of the play Ubu roi, what did they do?

they rioted, closing the show for 15 minutes

However, the play Ubu Roi was a pivotal work in __________ because of the ________ it uphends

modernism, conventions

What play was one of the 1str works of theater to take an openly hostile stance toward the audience, actively trying to cause offense?

Ubu Roi