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Essay Topic 1

What are the elements of a surrealist work? In what way is the novel a surrealist work?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Breton's views on the following people. How does he use them to express his own views about life and art?

1. Gustave Flaubert.

2. Victor Hugo.

3. Georgio de Chirico.

4. Joris-Karl Huysmans.

5. Comte de Lautréamont.

Essay Topic 3

How does Breton's affair affect his life and thoughts about life? Is the way Nadja lives life close to Breton's own surrealist philosophies? How would their relationship have developed if they had continued seeing each other?

Essay Topic 4

Examine Breton's views on the following. What do they say about the way Breton would like to live life? Are his views realistic?

1. Love.

2. Reality.

3. Work.

4. Art.

Essay Topic 5

How does Nadja maintain her power over men? How does Breton cope with the power hold over him? What suggestions are there that Breton...

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