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TANIA
COLLANI
University of Haute-Alsace
Abstract
Robert Desnos’s graphic works, characterised by the
interpenetration of polysemous linguistic elements with random
figurative elements, raise questions about the fixing of the
flowing chain of meanings. This study is primarily concerned
with the idea of representation of images as “generation of
systems” – theorised by Barthes –, and with the concept of “open
work” by Eco and “unlimited semiosis” by Peirce. This paper is
divided into two parts: the first one is a necessary
introduction to the semiotic theories of art and inherent
techniques of surrealism we’ll employ pragmatically in the
second section, which is more practical. It is in fact the
application of theory to a drawing by Robert Desnos (La ville
aux rues sans noms du cirque cerebral), which seemed to respond
to the characteristics of the “cerebral pleasure” of “generative
interpretation”.
Keywords: Robert Desnos, Surrealism, open work, generative
interpretation, unlimited semiosis
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