2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Creative Exchanges Between Poetry and Plastic Arts in 20th Century France

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22720126
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	European literature (English literature excluded)
Research Institution	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Principal Investigator	KUWADA Kohei 東京外国語大学, 大学院・総合国際学研究院, 講師 (80570639)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	ジャコメッティ / フランス現代詩 / 詩と造形芸術
Research Abstract	The aim of my research project was to analyse the nature and outcomes of the creative relationship between French poetry and plastic arts. Authors examined included the poets of L'Ephemere-a French poetry magazine published from 1967 to 1972 whose works were strongly inspired by the art of Alberto Giacometti. My research focused more specifically on critical and poetic essays that Yves Bonnefoy wrote on Giacometti; these two artists were both involved in the early Surrealist movement. Referring to Jean-Paul Sartre’s critical viewpoint about Surrealism, I attempted to clarify how bothBonnefoy and Giacometti struggled to pave their own way towards post-surrealistic forms of art-even if their respective works followed very different ways.

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