Facts about Avant-Garde Literature
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Surrealism, founded by André Breton with his 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, became a major avant-garde literary movement exploring dreams and the unconscious mind.
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Samuel Beckett's minimalist prose and drama, including works like Molloy and Waiting for Godot, are considered central texts of avant-garde literature's postwar evolution.
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The Dadaist movement of the early 20th century heavily influenced avant-garde literature by embracing absurdism, randomness, and the deliberate rejection of reason.
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James Joyce's Ulysses, a landmark of avant-garde literature, employs stream-of-consciousness technique to depict a single day in Dublin.
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Avant-garde literature challenges conventional narrative forms, often prioritizing experimentation with language, structure, and perspective over traditional storytelling.