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Études de lettres n° 312, "1980: l'an zéro du monde contemporain ?" (J. Meizoz et G. Philippe, dir.), 2020.
Because film, as a form, is appropriate for the depiction of the past, film may have influenced Magris's nostalgia for the Habsburg Empire.
Maria Tatar states that the fairy-tale Beauty and the Beast depicts, “The transformative power of empathy, that encodes messages about […] romance, marriage, and ‘The Other’” (9). Because of these coded messages, the story and its many... more
La crisis del lenguaje ha sido un fenómeno que ha recorrido la historia de la literatura. Ha sido tratado como mal estacionario, derivando en la figura actual del Blocked Writer, tanto como la materia prima de la que se ha ido creando una... more
Fin 1917, Apollinaire place l’« esprit nouveau » sous la notion centrale et banale de la « surprise ». Il cherche alors à fédérer un groupe de poètes proches des cubistes, qui prend l’ascendant sur la scène littéraire cette année-là. Les... more
Comparaison entre l'histoire originelle écrite par Mme Leprince de Beaumont sur "La Belle et la Bête" et l'adaptation cinématographique proposée par Jean Cocteau en 1947.
Proust has shown little interest in the decorative arts of his time, but his work bears the mark of the "submarine style" distinctive of Art nouveau. The low bookshelves with glass panes in the Grand Hôtel room at Balbec ― the symbol of À... more
Picasso lithographer and activist is a revised English language version of the book Picasso litógrafo y militante, (WorldCat No. 952991448), published by the Picasso Foundation, Málaga, in 2016. It is the first commented catalogue... more
Bu çalışmada, Fransız besteci Erik Satie'nin politik, sanatsal, estetik duruşu bütünsel olarak ele alınarak eserlerindeki avangard yaklaşım ve tekniklerin 20. yüzyıl müziği üzerindeki etkileri araştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın ilk bölümünde 20.... more
Surrealist cinema flourished in France in the late 1920s, but following the widespread adoption of synchronized sound in Europe in 1929, its future was uncertain. The anti-musical stance of many Surrealists (particularly André Breton),... more
Volume 9 of the Catalogue raisonné of the Orozco collection of artist and illustrated books as well as prints, dedicated to Jean Arp, Jean Cocteau, André Masson, Max Ernst, Wilfredo Lam, Roger Van de Wouwer, Magritte, Paul Delvaux,... more
Η αφάνταστη δραματουργική και θεματολογική ποικιλία που διατρέχει το έργο του Κοκτώ, από τους νεωτερισμούς της εποχής του στην τραγωδία και στο μπουλβάρ και από τη φάρσα στην πραγμάτευση της ιστορίας και στη θεολογική διαμάχη δεν δρα... more
Parade, which premiered on May 18, 1917 at the Théâtre du Chatelet, was the result of a collaboration between Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Léonide Massine, and Erik Satie, all under the guidance of the “monstre sacré” of the Ballets... more
No previous study has dealt in such depth with the shadowgraphs later called “Rayographs” that Man Ray began making in Paris around 1921/22. This account of Man Ray is very different to that usually given in the literature. It... more
Ernest (de) GENGENBACH. Sa vie. Christophe STENER, BoD. 2022 Préface de notre ouvrage consacré à la vie d'Ernest (de) GENGENBACH (1903-1979), un épigone du Surréalisme injustement oublié ayant alterné ouvrages satanises et témoignages... more
Publication dans Guillaume Boulangé et Christian Rolot (dir.), Jean Cocteau et Edith Piaf. Deux monstres sacrés, presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2015, p. 58-75
Post Öykü, Ocak Şubat 2015, s. 91-102.
Webinaire "Mythes et Discours, entre l'inter et le trans" (26-27 mai 2021) Résumé L’ objectif de cette communication est d’examiner les significations du mythe orphique dans le film de Jean-Luc Godard, Histoire(s) du cinéma... more
A discussion of Cocteau and the cult of death in his Orphic trilogy.
Never anxious about artistic ‘borrowing,’ Tennessee Williams reputedly considered himself heir to this perennial practice as he lavishly ‘littered’ his own ‘original’ works with overt and covert references to literary luminaries from past... more
Billy Klüver: A Day With Picasso (29 Photographs by Jean Cocteau) Introduction for the Hungarian Edition.
According to Cultural Mythcriticism, there is no myth without character (a person in the world of fiction). This article shows how this methodology works in any artistic production, even when we deal with either objects or animals, and is... more
The God father of my class in high school Le parrain de ma promotion d’École Normale JAMAIS TROP TARD POUR BIEN FAIRE NEVER TOO LATE TO DO GOOD SOMMAIRE 1. JEAN COCTEAU – LE SANG D’UN POÈTE – 1933 – (non disponible sauf sur... more
Selon Ray Harryhausen, maître des effets spéciaux cinématographiques, « Gustave Doré aurait été un grand chef opérateur […] il regardait les choses avec le point de vue de la caméra ». L’œuvre de Doré a marqué de manière indélébile... more
No Kidding! Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theater examines the way clown was transformed into a serious character in twentieth-century theater. Modernist theater practitioners recognized that clown's approach to performance is... more
L'attività di Jean Cocteau tra Satie e il gruppo dei Sei, nel periodo tra Parade e l'opera collettiva Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel.
The article depicts the perception of Pablo Picasso’s painting by the vanguard French poets. The author considers theoretical and critical texts by Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Pierre Reverdy, Jean Cocteau, Louis Aragon and... more
In the early sixties, a British-American company with the name of ‘Mediterranean Industries’ set up a weaving workshop with the specific aim of producing high-end original rya rugs designed by established European artists. Tadek Beutlich,... more
La storia di questa meravigliosa disciplina continua partendo dal balletto che negli anni che seguirono il 1871 si ispirò a temi grandiosi ed accolse il linguaggio popolare e che racconta le lotte di inventori e scopritori contro le... more
José Corti, coll. Les Essais, 2022. Au cœur des Années folles, toute une constellation de poètes part à l’aventure du roman. D’Apollinaire à Supervielle – en passant par Albert-Birot, Beucler, Cendrars, Cocteau, Delteil, Grey, Havet,... more
One of the rare Ovidian films, of uncertain and differing reception.
According to Ray Harryhausen, a special effects expert in the film industry, “Gustave Doré would have made a great director of photography . . . He saw things from the point of view of the camera.” Doré’s work has had a permanent impact... more