Surrealism under German-occupied France: "Main a plume" and its impact

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Matsuyama University (2015); Gakushuin University (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: SHINDO Hisano 松山大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (40613922)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ペンを持つ手 / 第二次世界大戦とフランス文学 / シュルレアリスム / アヴァンギャルド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The object of this study consists in questioning the activity of "Main a plume", surrealist group under German occupied France, which we had not researched enough. Through the analysis of the collective publications of the group and memoirs of several poets who participated to the group, I clarified their activity, and put it in the context of the history of surrealism and that of the avant-garde mouvements after the World War II. I showed that under the war this group had to ask another type of question than that of the surrealism of Andre Breton, and that's why this group establishes an important opportunity to diversify Surrealism, putting contacts the Surrealism and some avant-garde mouvements as Cobra or Situationist International.

Free Research Field

20世紀フランス文学