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surrealism

/səˈriːəlɪzəm/noun

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    a 20th-century movement in art and literature that tried to express what happens in the unconscious mind by showing objects and events in a strange, dreamlike way

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    • Salvador Dalí's melting clocks are a famous image of surrealism.
    • The novel mixes realism with touches of surrealism.
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The movement was launched in Paris in 1924 by the French writer André Breton.

इस आंदोलन की शुरुआत 1924 में पेरिस में फ़्रांसीसी लेखक André Breton ने की थी।