SURREALISM IN THE THEATEROF JEAN COCTEAU
 by Margaret Harrison 
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS
 In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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 CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION  1

l COCTEAU'S THEATER IN MODERN. FRENCH LITERATURE  3

II PRINCIPAL THEMES OF COCTEAU'S THEATER  23

III THE PLAYS OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY 30

IV THE PLAYS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MODERN TIMES  6l

V THE PLAYS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY  80

VI SURREALISM IN THE STAGING OF COCTEAU'S PLAYS 102

VII THE ORIGINALITY OF COCTEAU'S THEATER 123

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEAN COCTEAU1S THEATER 130

SELECTED. BIBLIOGRAPHY 132