Question

This author’s history of feuds with fellow authors backfired when he slapped a Soviet journalist, resulting in a blanket expulsion of all members of his movement from a Communist congress. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author, who also expelled members of his movement for reasons such as publishing or working on ballet. This author defined the central idea of one work as “pure psychic automatism.”
ANSWER: André Breton
[10e] André Breton wrote a series of manifestos for this movement, whose name was coined by Guillaume Apollinaire. That manifesto inspired artists such as Salvador Dalí, who was later expelled from this movement.
ANSWER: surrealism [or Surrealist Manifesto]
[10h] Breton expelled this Surrealist author on the grounds that theater was anti-revolutionary. An essay by this author discusses reviving the “total spectacle” and imagines the hypothetical play The Conquest of Mexico.
ANSWER: Antonin Artaud [or Antoine-Marie-Joseph Artaud]
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Berkeley ABerkeley C1010020
Stanford CBerkeley B0101020
Stanford AStanford B10101030
Cornell BCornell A010010
RIT BBinghamton010010
GWU B (Grad)UNC C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)JMU A (UG)0101020
Liberty A (Grad)JMU B (UG)010010
GWU A (UG)Liberty C (DII)010010
Duke A (UG)Maryland A (Grad)010010
Liberty B (DII)Maryland B (UG)010010
UNC B (UG)Virginia B (UG)010010
Virginia A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)10101030
Iowa StateMinnesota C1010020
Arizona StateMinnesota B1010020
Ohio State AKenyon010010
Ohio State BMichigan C010010
Columbia CColumbia B010010
John JayHaverford010010
NYU AJohns Hopkins10101030
VassarColumbia A1010020
Durham ABristol1010020
Cambridge ADurham B1010020
EdinburghKiel1010020
Cambridge BImperial B010010
KCLOxford B010010
Cambridge COxford A010010
Imperial ASheffield1010020
WarwickOxford C010010
AlabamaSouth Carolina010010
Georgia Tech BMTSU1010020
Georgia Tech AKentucky010010
Vanderbilt BVanderbilt A010010
Brandeis BBrown A010010
Yale BHarvard A010010