The reciprocal influence between Writings of Andre Breton and Photographs of Alvarez Bravo

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24820063
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	European literature (English literature excluded)
Research Institution	Kyoto Sangyo University
Principal Investigator	HASEGAWA Akiko 京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 助教 (20633291)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	シュルレアリスム / アンドレ・ブルトン / マヌエル・アルバレス・ブラボ / メキシコ / 美術批評 / フランス文学 / 美術論 / アルバレス・ブラボ
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is to clarify the reciprocal influence between French critic Andre Breton and Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo. They met at Mexico City and work together from 1938 to 1940. We try to demonstrate that Breton wrote his texts on Mexico, taking as a model Alvarez Bravo's photographs of Mexico.