INVENTORY OF THESES ON SURREALISM AND SURREALISTS DEFENDED AND IN PREPARATION (1995-2002)

par Henri Béhar

This update of the list of theses defended and in preparation between 1995 and 2002 was compiled from the Internet site of the Central Thesis File of the University of Nanterre. Since the Central Thesis File is undergoing complete restructuring, we were unable to collaborate with its documentalists, as we have done in past years. This inventory may therefore contain certain errors, independent of our will. Nevertheless, it provides an overview of ongoing surrealist research.

The theses were selected based on the keyword "surreal*", as well as by the names of surrealist artists (writers or visual artists) or those close to the movement.

Concerning theses from the period 1970-1985, one can refer to the inventory by Henri Béhar and Christine Pouget in Mélusine I (period 1970-1978), then to the updates presented by Michel Carassou, in Mélusine II (period 1978-1979), Mélusine III (period 1979-1980), Mélusine V (period 1980-1982), Mélusine VII (period 1983-1985). Finally, Mélusine XVI presents the inventory of theses compiled by Véronique Duchemin for the period 1985-1996 1.

We have also introduced certain theses registered and defended in 1995, which were not mentioned in the previous update.

This update includes 362 theses, 325 registered and only 37 defended for the period 1995-2002. We have proceeded with a partition Surrealists/Surroundings 2/Themes. Concerning defended theses, no theme has been listed.

The most studied authors for this period are 3: Aragon 33, Bataille 27, Artaud 22, Char and Gracq 19, Michaux 16, Bonnefoy 15, Queneau and Breton 14 and finally, Leiris 13.

Seven theses are devoted to Césaire, Éluard, and Paz; six theses to Caillois, Duchamp, Mandiargues, and Picasso; four theses to Giacometti, Jacob, Roussel, and Tzara; three theses to Arp, Buñuel, Drieu de la Rochelle, Dubuffet, Klee, Miller and Soupault; and two theses to Azorin, Brauner, Crevel, Dali, Fargue, Hantaï, Klossowski and Reverdy.

Only one thesis is devoted to the following authors: Albert-Birot, Alechinsky, Arrabal, Bellmer, Bousquet, Cahun, Daumal, Delteil, Desnos, Duprey, Fondane, Goll, Hayter, Hinojosa, Henein, Labisse, Laloy, Lam, Laude, Naville, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Rolland de Renéville, Schéhadé, Vitrac.

Certain artists are not the subject of any theses:

Acker, Alejandro, Alexandrian, Alen, Alquié, Alvarez-Rios, Arnaud N., Atlan, Audouin, Asturias, Baranger, Barbé, Baron, Baskine, Battistini, Bédouin, Benayoun, Benoît, Bessière, Blanchard, Boiffard, Bona, Bory, Bott, Boumeester, Bounoure M., Bounoure V., Bousquet, Bouvert, Brasseur P., Brielle, Brisset, Brun, Brunius, Bryen, Brzekowski, Bucaille, Cabanel, Caburet, Calas, Calder, Camacho, Cardenas, Carrington, Carrive, Carrouges, Cartier-Bresson, Caupenne, Chabrun, Chagall, Chaillet, Charbonel, Charchoune, Collage, Cornilleau, Courtaud, Coutaud, Cramer, Crastre, Cravan, Cremieux, Dado, Daussy, Dax, Debenedetti, Degottex, Deharme, Delanglade, Demarne, Der Kervorkian, Dermée, Deux, Dhainaut, Diamant-Berger, Domec, Dominguez, Dors, Doucet, Doumayrou, Duhamel M., Duits, Duvillier, El Janabi, Elléouët A., Elléouët Y., Ernst, Estienne, Ethuin, Fardoulis-Lagrange, Ferry, Fini, Flamand, Fourré, Fourrier, Fraenkel, Francès, Frédérique A., Frois-Wittmann, Gagnaire, Galizot, Genbach, Gérard F., Gerber T., Ghez, Giguère, Gilbert-Lecomte, Ginet, Giovanna, Gladiator, Goetz, Goldfayn, Goutier, Guyon, Halpern, Harfaux, Heine, Henry, Hérold, Hugnet, Hugo V., Itkine, Ivsic, Jaguer, Jean M., Joubert, Jouffroy, Kral, Kujawski, Kyrou, Lagarde R., Lamba, Lambert J. C., Lambert D., Le Brun, Lély, Le Maréchal, Le Toumelin, Lebel J. J., Lebel R., Lesage A., Liberati, Livet, Loubchansky, Lübeck, Maar, Mabille, Malcom de Chazal, Malherbe, Malkine, Malrieu, Manina, Man Ray, Mansour, Manuel Viola, Marie-Laure, Markale, Masson, Massot de, Matta, Mayo, Mayoux, Mégret, Mengoz, Meunier, Minne R., Miro, Mitrani, Molinier, Monny de Boully, Morin, Morise, Mouton, Neveux, Nicole, Noll M., O'Casey, Oppenheim M., Orgeix, Paalen, Papazoff, Parisot, Passeron, Pastoureau, Patin, Pelicer, Pellon, Picabia, Pierre J., Prassinos, Rapin, Reich Z., Reigl, Renaud R., Rius, Rodansky, Rosey, Roy P., Rybak, Sadoul, Sage, Savitry, Schneider G., Schoendorff, Schuster, Sebbag, Sède (de), Seigle H. et N., Seignolle, Seligmann, Sénelier, Sernet, Serpan, Silbermann, Sima, Stil, Sunbeam, Suquet, Tanguy, Tarnaud, Télémaque, Terrossian, Thirion, Tovar, Toyen, Trouille, Tual, Unik, Vaché, Vailland, Valançay, Valentin, Valorbe, Van Hirtum, Viot, Vulliamy, Waldberg, Younès, Zimbacca.

We have chosen to include all theses devoted to authors appearing in this inventory. Some therefore do not necessarily directly concern surrealism. The reader will select for themselves the theses that interest them. This inventory will nevertheless allow researchers as well as teachers to know which paths have already been taken, and thus more easily orient their research.

INVENTORY OF THESES ON SURREALISM AND SURREALISTS DEFENDED OR IN PREPARATION (1995-2002)

Each entry is structured as follows:

THESIS SUBJECT (AUTHOR OR THEMES)

Thesis author (Surname First name), Thesis Title (titles of artists' works are indicated in normal characters), Research director, type of doctorate (the new regime doctorate will be symbolized by the letter D.), specialty (U. F. R), University, date of defense (the month is in parentheses) or date of registration (if the thesis is in preparation).

When a thesis is devoted to several artists, its entry will be found under the name of the artist appearing first in the inventory. A reference will be mentioned under the names of artists who will appear later in alphabetical order.

A — DEFENDED THESES

ARAGON

Béguin Edouard, The problem of invention in the work of Louis d'Aragon, Debreuille Jean-Yves, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Lyon 2, 1995 11.

Bismuth Hervé, Construction of a multiple and singular discourse: Le Fou d'Elsa by Aragon, Ravis Suzanne, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1995 10.

Burle Elodie, The poetic figures of the subject in Aragon's last poetic works, Ravis Suzanne, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1998 08.

Lahanque Reynald, Socialist realism in France (1933-1953), Borelli Guy, D., University Nancy 2, 2002 12.

Merger Franck, The powers of literature. The narrative prose of Louis Aragon from La Défense de l'infini to Les Cloches de Bâle (1923-1934), Godard Henri, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 4, 2002 12.

Nassif-Debs Marie, Le Fou d'Elsa by Louis Aragon: a recreated Arab poetic sensibility, Ravis Suzanne, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 2002 05.

Shahaei Najine, Aragon and Persian literature. Introduction to the Persian translation of Le Fou d'Elsa, Ravis Suzanne, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1995 11.

Vaugeois Dominique, Henri Matisse or the art of the novel, the "architecture according to Aragon". Scope and relevance of the generic problem in Henri Matisse, novel by Louis Aragon, Dugast-Portes Francine, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Rennes 2, 1995 11.

Vigier Luc, The voice of the witness in the prose works of Louis Aragon, Ravis Suzanne, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1996 05.

ARTAUD

Dubreuil Laurent, Readings of possession: Maupassant, Artaud, Blanchot, Rabate Dominique, D., French Lit. and Civ., University Bordeaux 3, 1999 01.

Marchal Hugues, Figure and limit: textual inscription of the body in 20th-century poetry in France (Valéry, Artaud, Michaux, Noël), Collot Michel, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 2002 12.

Penot Olivier, Spirit, body and world in the work of Antonin Artaud, Béhar Henri, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1997 12.

BELLMER

Masson Céline, Clinical-theoretical study on the supported aesthetics of Hans Bellmer's work, Assoun Paul, D., Psychology, University Paris 7, 1995 11.

BRAUNER

Esteveny Margaret, The graphic work of Victor Brauner: the J. Brauner collection at the Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Etienne, Gamboni Dario, D., Arts and archaeology, University of Lyon 2, 1995 01.

BRETON

Graulle Christophe, André Breton and the notion of black humor: a revolt of the spirit, Blachère Jean-Claude, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Montpellier 3, 2002.

Rubio Emmanuel, The Philosophies of André Breton (1924-1940), Béhar Henri, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 2002 12.

BRETON / EMBIRICOS

Makris Constantin, The female figure in the imagination of André Breton and Andreas Embiricos. Comparative research between French Surrealism and Greek Surrealism: The eternal feminine, source of surrealist mythology, mad love, its revolution and rediscovered sexuality, (4 vol., 1625 p.), Robert Jouanny, Doctorate of State in Letters and Human Sciences, French Literature - Comparative Literature, University Paris IV - Sorbonne, 2000 6.

CHAR

Thonneriaux Stéphanie, The relationship to the world and its poeticization in the work of René Char, Debreuille Jean-Yves, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Lyon 2, 1998 02.

Quillier Patrick, The use of the ear according to René Char, Mailhos Georges, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Toulouse 2, 1997 02.

DALI / PICASSO

Elsokary Ibrahim, The plastic illusion and its interest in the service of theatrical space through the works of Dali and Picasso, Bloess Georges, D., Plastic arts, University of Paris 8, 2000 03.

DUCHAMP / JARRY

Siebauer Jean-Roch, Alfred Jarry, Marcel Duchamp, the machine, the verb and pataphysics, Gleize Jean-Marie, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1996 01.

GIACOMETTI

Rutimann Donatus, The writings of Alberto Giacometti, Didier le Gall Béatrice, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 8, 1996 10.

GRACQ

Ro Young Ran, Julien Gracq, baroque writer, Berthier Philippe, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1996 01.

Roulland Isabelle, The form of cities in the work of Julien Gracq, Dugast-Portes Francine, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Rennes 2, 1995 11.

Visset Pascal, The metaphor of the quest in three 20th-century fictions: Le Rivage des Syrtes by J. Gracq, Under the volcano by M. Lowry, El Jardin de Senderos que se bifurcan by J. L. Borges, Bessière Jean, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1996 11.

LEIRIS

Peifer Michel, The writing of the rule and the rule of writing: stylistic studies of La Règle du jeu by Michel Leiris, Dereu Mireille, D., Not specified, University of Nancy 2, 1995 02.

PREVERT

Aurouet Carole, The diverted scenarios of Jacques Prévert, Compère Daniel, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 2001 10.

QUENEAU

Campana Marie-Noëlle, The writing of eroticism in the work of Raymond Queneau, Debon Claude, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1996 01.

Crespi Jean, The plurality of languages in Queneau's novels, Neefs Jacques, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 8, 1996 11.

Ouardi Hela, The carnivalization of literature in the work of Raymond Queneau, Delbreil Daniel, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1996 11.

Shiotsuka Shuichiro, Knowledge and madness in the work of Raymond Queneau. Study based on the Encyclopédie inexacte, Delbreil Daniel, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1996 12.

ROUSSEL

Kokubu Toshihiro, The birth of a monological universe: studies of narrative structures in Raymond Roussel, Béhar Henri, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1997 12.

TZARA

Dufour Catherine, The cosmopolitan vocation of Tristan Tzara, Béhar Henri, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 2002 12.

Kilyeni Ecaterina, The obsessive image of the road in the work of three Romanian writers of French expression: Tristan Tzara, Benjamin Fondane and Ilarie Voronca, Vuillemin Alain, D., Comparative Lit. and Civ., University of Artois (Arras), 2002 07.

2 – SURROUNDINGS

CAILLOIS

Bridet Guillaume, Roger Caillois: literature and guilt, Mathieu Jean-Claude, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 8, 1996 01.

DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

Mimeur Christiane, Couple writing in the novels of Drieu La Rochelle, Dabezies André, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Aix Marseille 1, 1996 01.

DUBUFFET

Jakobi Marianne Béatri, Titles in the work of Jean Dubuffet, Levaillant Françoise, D., Not specified, University of Paris 1, 1997 11.

MICHAUX

Verger Romain, Henri Michaux and the dream, Collot Michel, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 3, 1995 11.

PICASSO / APOLLINAIRE

Manneheut Béatrice, Hidden faces around Apollinaire and Picasso. A contribution to Parisian artistic life at the beginning of the 20th century (1900-1939), Poinsot Jean-Marc, D., Arts and archaeology, University of Rennes 2, 1996 12.

B — THESES IN PREPARATION

ARAGON

Alazard Anne, The unfinished novel by Louis Aragon: between identity crisis and attempt at reconstruction of self and a personal universe, Plouvier Paule, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Montpellier 3, 2001 02.

Al Munajjed Maher, Aragon and Arab culture, Chevrel Yves, D., Comparative Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 4, 1995 11.

Banabera Jérémy, Destruction and reconstruction of subject and reality in the poetry of Louis Aragon, Plouvier Paule, D., Comparative Lit. and Civ., University of Montpellier 3, 2000 02.

Bednarek Christine, Cultural heritage and philosophy of universality through the history and evolution of the feminine condition in the childhood of ages and arts as well as childhood in women's lives (Camus, De Beauvoir, Pagnol, Aragon, Leiris), Lévi-Valensi Jacqueline, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Picardie, 1998 07.

Copin Laetitia, The reading pact in La Mise à mort, Blanche ou l'oubli and Théâtre/Roman by Louis Aragon, Tadié Jean-Yves, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 4, 2000 01.

Deschamps Marlène, Aragon short story writer: the mirror in fragments, Lévi-Valensi Jacqueline, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Picardie, 1998 05.

Guespin Jérôme Alain, The retranscription of memory in La Mise à mort, Blanche ou l'oubli and Théâtre/Roman by Louis Aragon, Tadié Jean-Yves, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Paris 4, 2000 01.

Mahdi Aabdelhakim, Aragon and the writing of poetry, Fares Nabil, D., French Lit. and Civ., University of Grenoble 3, 2000 02.

Mahmoud Abdullah, Woman in the poetry of Louis Aragon, T. S. Eliot and A. M. Al-'Aqqade, Bonnerot Olivier, D., Comparative Lit. and Civ., University of Strasbourg 2, 1998 11.