Anna Bila's work offers a new look at one of the leading trends in literature and art of the twentieth century - surrealism (1920-1960). The author considers its formation and theoretical principles, determines the main provisions and directions, reveals the essence of this aesthetic and cultural phenomenon in the comparison of different schools, trends and sub-trends within the surrealist movement. The book acquaints with the surrealist centers (including Slavic: Czech, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian), and examines the impact of surrealism on the development of world - including Ukrainian - art and literature. The publication is intended for students, teachers, philologists, culturologists, as well as anyone interested in the history of literature and art in general.
