{"id":679,"date":"2017-03-29T19:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T23:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=679"},"modified":"2017-03-29T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T23:30:06","slug":"max-ernsts-work-as-an-antinovel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/max-ernsts-work-as-an-antinovel\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Ernst’s work as an Antinovel"},"content":{"rendered":"

What interests me most about Ernst’s “Une Semaine de Bont\u00e9” is how it challenges our understanding of a novel. He presents it to us in the format of book but we’re forced to create our own narrative and connections between the illustration. As we discussed in class, his work is very provoking of the agency of the audience, forcing us to create our own plot and grapple with the illustrations to find logic when\u00a0the very illustrations\u00a0seem to defy reason. For this reason, I think I would personally classify Ernst’s work as an anti novel. An\u00a0antinovel as defined on Dictionary.com is:\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0literary<\/span>\u00a0work<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0which<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0author<\/span>\u00a0rejects<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0use<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0traditional\u00a0<\/span>elements<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0novel<\/a>\u00a0structure,<\/span>\u00a0especially<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0regard<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0development<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>plot<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0character.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Ernst’s work really falls into this definition for me, especially how his illustrations seem to constantly disrupt our process of “reading”, each\u00a0containing subtleties and details that both reference and distinguish one from the other at the same time. I found this youtube video <\/a>in which\u00a0at the very end they mention “Une Semaine de Bont\u00e9”\u00a0as an anti novel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What I appreciated the most was getting the chance to see her handle a copy of the original prints at around 3:30. It provided that piece of context, to understand that they were meant to be read, page by page, book by book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What interests me most about Ernst’s “Une Semaine de Bont\u00e9” is how it challenges our understanding of a novel. He presents it to us in the format of book but we’re forced to create our own narrative and connections between the illustration. As we discussed in class, his work is very provoking of the agency … <\/p>\n

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