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Περί Σουρρεαλισμού - Η διάλεξη του 1935
96 pages
First published January 1, 2009
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Andreas Embirikos
33 books43 followersAndreas Embirikos was a Greek surrealist poet and the first Greek psychoanalyst.
Embirikos came from a wealthy family as his father was an important ship-owner. He was born in Brăila, Romania, but his family soon moved to Ermoupolis in Syros, Greece. When Embirikos was only seven years old they moved to Athens. While he was still a teenager his parents divorced; he started studying at the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, but he decided to move to Lausanne to stay with his mother.
The following years Embirikos studied a variety of subjects both in France and in the United Kingdom where he studies at King's College London.
However it was in Paris where he decided to study psychanalysis together with René Laforgue.
His poetry can be defined by two major tendencies. On the one hand, he was one of the major representatives of surrealism in Greece. His first poetic collection, "Ipsikaminos", was a heretic book, characterized by the lack of the punctuation and the peculiarity of the language. As the poet himself admitted it was precisely the originality and extravagance of his work that contributed to his relative commercial success.
On the other hand, together with Yorgos Seferis, Embirikos was the most important representative of the generation of the 1930s. He contributed greatly to the introduction of modernism in Greek letters and he helped change once and for all the poetic atmosphere of Greece.
Arguably, the most significant and influential work by Embirikos is "Megas Anatolikos". The poet dedicated many years of work to this particularly long novel, that consists of more than one hundred chapters. In this work, Embirikos narrates the first trip of the ocean liner Great Eastern (Μέγας Ἀνατολικός) from England to America. Embirikos describes the Great Eastern as a hedonic vessel, where the multitude of the passengers enjoy love without and beyond limits. During the ten-day trip (an allusion to the Decameron) they discover a new form of happiness and innocence. For this work, Odysseas Elytis called Embirikos "a visionary and a prophet".
Embirikos also wrote articles of literary criticism; at least two of them are worth-mentioning. The first is "The hidden necrophilia in the works of Edgar Allan Poe"; the second, "Nikos Engonopoulos or the miracle of Elbassan and Bosphorus".
Embirikos came from a wealthy family as his father was an important ship-owner. He was born in Brăila, Romania, but his family soon moved to Ermoupolis in Syros, Greece. When Embirikos was only seven years old they moved to Athens. While he was still a teenager his parents divorced; he started studying at the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, but he decided to move to Lausanne to stay with his mother.
The following years Embirikos studied a variety of subjects both in France and in the United Kingdom where he studies at King's College London.
However it was in Paris where he decided to study psychanalysis together with René Laforgue.
His poetry can be defined by two major tendencies. On the one hand, he was one of the major representatives of surrealism in Greece. His first poetic collection, "Ipsikaminos", was a heretic book, characterized by the lack of the punctuation and the peculiarity of the language. As the poet himself admitted it was precisely the originality and extravagance of his work that contributed to his relative commercial success.
On the other hand, together with Yorgos Seferis, Embirikos was the most important representative of the generation of the 1930s. He contributed greatly to the introduction of modernism in Greek letters and he helped change once and for all the poetic atmosphere of Greece.
Arguably, the most significant and influential work by Embirikos is "Megas Anatolikos". The poet dedicated many years of work to this particularly long novel, that consists of more than one hundred chapters. In this work, Embirikos narrates the first trip of the ocean liner Great Eastern (Μέγας Ἀνατολικός) from England to America. Embirikos describes the Great Eastern as a hedonic vessel, where the multitude of the passengers enjoy love without and beyond limits. During the ten-day trip (an allusion to the Decameron) they discover a new form of happiness and innocence. For this work, Odysseas Elytis called Embirikos "a visionary and a prophet".
Embirikos also wrote articles of literary criticism; at least two of them are worth-mentioning. The first is "The hidden necrophilia in the works of Edgar Allan Poe"; the second, "Nikos Engonopoulos or the miracle of Elbassan and Bosphorus".
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September 22, 2024
Ο σουρεαλισμός δεν ήταν ένα απλό καλλιτεχνικό κίνημα της εποχής, ήταν και είναι μια δημιουργική διαδικασία η οποία θα έπρεπε να διδάσκεται. Ως το μέσον καλλιτεχνικής ανάπτυξης, ως το μονο εργαλείο το οποίο ίσως μπορεί να αγγίξει μια ανωτερη καλλιτεχνική διαύγεια.
Η διάλεξη αυτή παρόλο που αναφέρεται επιδερμικά στο κίνημα, αξίζει να διαβαστεί ως ένα εισαγωγικό κείμενο. Σίγουρα θα σταθεί αφορμή να ψαχτεί κάποιος παραπάνω.
Υγ: έχω τόσα σχόλια για την (σουρεαλιστική 😂) ανάμιξη της καλλιτεχνικής ελίτ με το ΚΚΓ και την τρίτη διεθνή που θα μπορούσα να γράψω ένα μικρό δοκίμιο.
Υγ2: ο Εμπειρίκος ήταν πρωτοπόρος στην Ελλάδα, λίγοι προσπάθησαν να καινοτομήσουν στην σύγχρονη καλλιτεχνική ιστορία μας, ο Εμπειρίκος σίγουρα ήταν ένας από αυτούς
Η διάλεξη αυτή παρόλο που αναφέρεται επιδερμικά στο κίνημα, αξίζει να διαβαστεί ως ένα εισαγωγικό κείμενο. Σίγουρα θα σταθεί αφορμή να ψαχτεί κάποιος παραπάνω.
Υγ: έχω τόσα σχόλια για την (σουρεαλιστική 😂) ανάμιξη της καλλιτεχνικής ελίτ με το ΚΚΓ και την τρίτη διεθνή που θα μπορούσα να γράψω ένα μικρό δοκίμιο.
Υγ2: ο Εμπειρίκος ήταν πρωτοπόρος στην Ελλάδα, λίγοι προσπάθησαν να καινοτομήσουν στην σύγχρονη καλλιτεχνική ιστορία μας, ο Εμπειρίκος σίγουρα ήταν ένας από αυτούς
February 3, 2020
"Την άλλη μέρα, έγινε η διάλεξη μπροστά σε μερικούς βλοσυρούς αστούς που άκουγαν, φανερά ενοχλημένοι, ότι εκτός από τον Κονδύλη και τον Τσαλδάρη, υπήρχαν και άλλοι ενδιαφέροντες άνθρωποι στον κόσμο, που τους έλεγαν Φρόυντ ή Μπρετόν. Έλειπαν οι καλοί αγωγοί της θερμότητας, οι νέοι. Παρ' oλ' αυτά ο σπόρος είχε πέσει και σε λίγο, μέσα στη χρυσή σκόνη της άνοιξης που έφτανε, άρχισαν να μετεωρίζονται και να στίλβουν παράξενα ονόματα και όροι πρωτάκουστοι: το υποσυνείδητο, η αυτόματη γραφή, το hasard objectif, τα collages, η μέθοδος paranoiaque critique, το merveilleux και τα λοιπά" --- Οδυσσέας Ελύτης
February 14, 2013
Ο Ανδρέας Εμπειρίκος, ο μεγάλος υπερρεαλιστής συγγραφέας, εισάγει τον υπερρεαλισμό, με μια διάλεξη, στη συντηρητική Αθήνα του 1935.
Ο Εμπειρίκος παρουσιάζει τις αρχές του υπερρεαλισμού, τις βάσεις του και τον διαφοροποιεί από το άναρχο κίνημα του ντανταϊσμού. Ένα πολύ όμορφο διασωθέν κείμενο, μεστό, πλούσιο, περιεκτικό.
Ο Εμπειρίκος παρουσιάζει τις αρχές του υπερρεαλισμού, τις βάσεις του και τον διαφοροποιεί από το άναρχο κίνημα του ντανταϊσμού. Ένα πολύ όμορφο διασωθέν κείμενο, μεστό, πλούσιο, περιεκτικό.
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