Surrealism As A Literary Movement In The Work The Perfume

Surrealism as a literary movement in the work The perfume

The perfume is the first work written by German screenwriter and writer Patrick Suskind, in 1985. He was a great exponent of German postmodernist literature and thanks to this novel, he had a recognition that has been transcendental over the years because his work quickly became a worldwide success since his main characteristic, his main characteristic,It is to present surrealism as a literary movement so that the author himself, defines a series of certain comparisons and contrasts between the teaching raised in the plot and how it relates to the society of that time by raising death as well, as the main surreal theme. Consequently, several subtems will be analyzed thoroughly in order to conclude whether or not the surrealism is related to society by that time.

With regard to the author, it is known that Suskind was born in Munich in the year of 1949, he was instructed at the local university of the same name and in his youth, he studied medieval and modern history;Due to the little eagerness of Patrick for being public or recognized, the majority of his personal life or achievements are unknown.

For the correct realization of this essay, the various points of view on the plot will be taken into account depending on the context of the work itself, as well as its influences and interpretations, on the other hand, it is emphasized that, being a work with various issuesfictitious, it will not be possible to give it a value judgment from its own experiences or past experiences.

Regarding this particular work, Suskind influenced the social classes of the time themselves and how certain people only because of their skin tone, economic position or quality of life, could be better or worse than others. The novel itself, is set in the French Revolution, as well as its consequences in areas such as economy, culture, perspective on others morally speaking, etc. Similarly, in certain parts of the work are evidence. The novel itself is realistic to some extent since, the author writes and recounts everything in a very descriptive way, noticing even the slightest detail, so that the scenarios, characters and behaviors are evolving as they are goingnarrating (for what follows a chronological order). In the same way, Patrick also uses surreal elements such as the great obsession of the protagonist for creating a “perfect” perfume, the ambition he presented to have performed acts of such caliber as killing cold blood only to specify his greatest desire, the dehumanization thatThey had certain people only to belong to the lower class as slaves and people of color, but above all this, due to the lack of their own smell or essence of the main character and how this same, he had developed the meaning of smellTo this point of recognizing all possible smells and perceiving them kilometers away. Therefore, the novel covers very interesting topics such as the search for a personal identity, the nihilism that could be felt if we fulfill our most precious goal, the characteristic smell of each element regardless of its composition, etc.

The work is set in France, more specifically at the time of its revolution. The argument or plot of the work is based on how the protagonist named Grenouille has an advance of advanced smell, and how the latter perceives the world in a different way than the usual;However, as the first objective, the smell of things is proposed and achieves it thanks to the method taught by a perfume of the area recognized as Baldini. The procedure itself consisted of distilling the elements or substances in order to preserve them, however, Grenouille realizes that the smell is not forever, so he decides to undertake a journey to Grasse in order to learn a new practice. On his trip, he decides to go to a cave just to get away from everyone, but shortly after his stay there, he realizes that he has no smell of his own and with that thought in mind, he had a plan and another method to obtainThe essence of things and, unlike the first. This is how one day it is proposed to make “the perfect perfume” for which it needs to obtain the essence of 24 virgin girls so it is killing them one by one and to finish, he had the most special for him because his smell and essenceThey looked like those of an already dead girl. The girl in question, was called Laura and was the daughter of a cardinal. This is how its mission achieves, but, being discovered with respect to the constant murders that were produced during those months, it is apprehended and was going to be executed. It is here where he decides to use his creation and spread it throughout the crowd to what all spectators smell that "perfect" aroma (in quotes because perfection only exists in our subconscious), they think that Grenouille is a god or GodThe closest to him that would be an angel and the crowd without any reason, decides to have sex as a orgy. This is where Grenouille feels such a realization and satisfaction, that he decidesthey crave so much that they end up eating it.

Already with the plot described, we thoroughly analyze the previous issues as existentialism (represented when Grenouille decideshave specified your greatest desire), etc. All these philosophical currents, in addition to the superrealist elements already appointed and artistic movements, make "perfume" present a great surrealism index in large part of the literary nature.

It is noteworthy to note that apart from everything already mentioned, the work also contains countless literary figures which represent much of the plot of the work so that each resource has its fundamental role as, for example, the simile, the hyperboleand other rhetorical resources present in the work.

This is how we conclude that the work, definitely presents very surreal features for the time so the author as such, has an enviable imagination and a prodigious mind. Philosophically, Grenouille, having completed the perfect perfume, felt a realization and satisfaction to the point that he no longer felt or had reasons to live because he had already fulfilled his greatest goal for which, he felt that his life no longer made sense so thatI had already found a personal identity and this was to leave the face of the earth.