Manifeste du surréalisme
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The Manifeste du surréalisme, published in 1924 by André Breton, is a foundational text for the Surrealist movement. Breton, a key figure in Surrealism, defined it as "pure psychic automatism," aiming to express the true process of thought free from reason, aesthetics, or morals. The movement sought to merge the realms of dream and reality, fantasy and the everyday, creating an "absolute reality, a surreality." This was heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories on the unconscious mind, which Breton saw as the source of imagination. The manifesto advocated for techniques like automatic writing to access this unconscious realm.
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