André Breton dedicated one of his 8 short poems written on the back of postcards to an author from this island, who wrote about him in the essay “André Breton, Poet.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this island where Breton contributed to the literary magazine Tropiques (“tro-PEEK”). An author from this island wrote a “Discourse” that equates its title concept with “thing-ification.”
ANSWER: Martinique (The “Discourse” is Discourse on Colonialism.)
[10m] A Martinican author with this surname wrote Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, for which Breton wrote an introduction. That author with this surname, who wrote A Tempest, had the first name Aimé (“em-AY”).
ANSWER: Césaire (“say-ZAIR”) [accept Aimé Césaire] (The Breton poem in the bonus lead-in is “For Madame Suzanne Césaire.”)
[10e] Aimé Césaire’s wife, Suzanne Césaire, helped develop the “Afro-” form of this movement. Breton wrote a manifesto for this artistic movement, which promoted surprising and dreamlike imagery.
ANSWER: Surrealism [or Afro-Surrealism]
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