Essays about: "grotesque realism"

Found 2 essays containing the words grotesque realism.

1. 1. The Playboy of the Western World: A Carnivalesque Reading

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Mary Röine Doolan; [2014-02-06]
   Keywords : Synge; Irish Drama; carnivalesque; grotesque realism; tragicomedy; symbolism;

   Abstract : A carnivalesque reading of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is presented. Mikhail Bakhtin defines carnivalesque as a literary style that challenges authority and traditional social hierarchy through the use of humour and chaos, and he compares the carnivalesque in literature to the carnivals of popular culture. READ MORE

3. 2. "Well? Shall we go?" "Yes, let's go." [They do not move.] : -Vernacular Comedy and Waiting for Godot.

   University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Nanna Bjørg Flensborg Rönne; [2014]
   Keywords : Beckett Godot comedy Bakhtin clown humour;

   Abstract : This essay discusses the relationship between the characters Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and the vernacular clowning tradition. The discussion is supported by analyzing similarities between Waiting for Godot and Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of grotesque realism as it is presented in his work Rabelais and His World, as well as elements of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and 20th century silent movie comedy. READ MORE