Nadja by Breton is a fever dream. I was a few pages into the lecture transcription and stopped. The lecture provided too many answers to my questions; I want to try and elaborate a bit on my own first. This is my first time reading a surrealism book. As usual, I avoid learning about the […]
Week 3’s read is Nadja by André Breton, a semi-autobiographical novel following the authors fascination with a women, Nadja. It is set in France and includes and explores the ideas of surrealism. The semi-autobiographical nature of this reading created…
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Week 3’s read is Nadja by André Breton, a semi-autobiographical novel following the authors fascination with a women, Nadja. It is set in France and includes and explores the ideas of surrealism. The semi-autobiographical nature of this reading created…
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Here is a link a conversation and rant about Nadja!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAVPom6J5zc&ab_channel=
My discussion question is what are your thoughts on the first 60 pages of the book, how does it connect to the story of Nadja and how…
Nadja, by André Breton, begins with a diary-entry-like format depicting the daily life living in France. The narrator talks about his favourite movies, places he’s visited, people he sees, plays he’s attending, and so on. However, suddenly the focus changes, becoming all about a newfound obsession. A girl named Nadja. I found the relationship between […]
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“Nadja” is sometimes referred to as a Surrealist love story, yet Nadja does not appear until approximately sixty pages into the novel. The first few pages include theory, Surrealist gossip, Breton’s past, dreams, and explorations of Paris. When Nadja eventually enters the story, the book’s tone shifts to dated diary entries, underlining the immediacy and […]
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I surprised myself this week; I found myself actually excited to read “Nadja” by André Breton and I can confidently say it was nothing short of an experience. Perhaps it was the little description left by Prof. Beasley-Murray depicting the book as one with themes of love, desire, and madness that piqued my interest, I […]
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The second French book of the course, Nadja by André Breton is a short surrealist novel. It was a very fast and interesting read but took me a minute to get into. At first, Breton talks about the theatre and his inability to recognize actors. Upon meeting Nadja however, things become much more interesting. Nadja […]
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Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog. The book for this week is Nadja by Andre Breton. The description of this book as a surrealist romance was intriguing to me, as I’ve enjoyed a few surrealist movies in the past, like Holy Motors and Synecdoche New York. At the same time others, like most of […]
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In Najda by Andre Breton, the author is able to eloquently capture the anxieties and life of the era while identifying the role of surrealism in our understanding of the text. I greatly enjoyed the non-traditional narrative structure and heavy use of c…
