PowerPoint for English class presentation regarding the book Disavowals

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J AS O N M . S Y P T AK
DISAVOWALS
INTERPRETED
SURREALISM
• André Breton
• “Pure psychic
automatism”
• Surrealist
Manifesto

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SURREALISM
•JMS definition:
•A movement in which one
expresses the thoughts of
one’s conscious, of one’s
mind via literature,
photography, and/or voice
DISAVOWALS

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BACKGROUND OF CLAUDE CAHUN
• Lucy Schwob
• Born: October 25, 1894
• Died: December 8, 1954
• Family
• Writers
• Mom’s Troubles
• Partner
• Suzanne Malherbe, “Marcel
Moore”
• Political Actions
• Aveux Non Avenus
• Literal Translation:
“Confessions Cancelled”
• Disavowals
AREAS OF CLAUDE CAHUN
• Literature
• Prolific writer
• Poet
• Photography
• Photomontage
• Collage
• Self-portraits
• Theatre
• Actor
• Role play

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LITERATURE OF CLAUDE CAHUN
NARCISSISM OF CAHUN
• Page 56 – a Cahun self conducted interview
• “The Past”
• Cahun’s hope
• Cahun’s fear
• “The unknown”
• Cahun’s hope
• Cahun’s fear
• Reinforces…
• “Cancelled confessions”
• Ambiguity
• Reader confusion

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GOD HUMOR OF CAHUN
• Page 184 – random Cahun quotes
• “Pray while you yawn – but pray!”
• “God. I sometimes speak about what is true, more
often about what is false. How can you distinguish
them?”
• Reinforces…
• Cahun humor
• Undermining authority, God’s authority
• Ambiguity
• Reader confusion
PHOTOGRAPHY
OF CLAUDE CAHUN

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IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN
IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN

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IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN
IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN

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IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN
IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN

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INFLUENCE OF CLAUDE CAHUN
PICTURE COMPARISON

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IDENTITIES OF CLAUDE CAHUN
•“I’ll never finish
taking off all of
the masks.”
WORKS CITED
• "Art of the 20th Century: Claude Cahun." History of Art. Web. 19
Oct. 2010. <http://www.all-
art.org/art_20th_century/cahum1.html>.
• Cahun, Claude, and Marcel Moore. "Photomontage for
Frontispiece for Aveux Non Avenus." The National Gallery of
Australia. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
<http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=170272>.
• "Claude Cahun." Squidoo. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
<http://www.squidoo.com/cahun>.
• Cox, Kenneth. "Clipped Wings?" Mute Magazine. 6 Jan. 2010.
Web. 18 Oct. 2010.
<http://www.metamute.org/en/content/clipped_wings>.
• Elkin, Lauren. "Reading Claude Cahun." The Quarterly
Conversation. Web. 18 Oct. 2010.
<http://quarterlyconversation.com/claude-cahun-disavowals>.
• Untitled Film Still #6. Photograph. Cindy Sherman. Web. 19 Oct.
2010. <http://www.cindysherman.com/art.shtml>.