Format:
1 Online-Ressource.
ISBN:
978-1-4438-5094-0
Note:
Table of contents; introduction; the gravity of the grotesque; section i; of satire and satyrs; hilarious hell; the revolution(s) of the grotesque body; section ii; hrabal's satirical legacy in the central european autobiographical novel; forms of the grotesque; grotesque and heteroglossia in george tabori's works, or; the grotesque and gender in nils sakss' prose; the creative role of the grotesque in the moscow sections of mikhail bulgakov's the master and margarita; section iii; parody, satire, and carnivalisation in romanian poetic postmodernism; novel and satire
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On the background, stains, and dry cleaningthe grotesque dimension of witold gombrowicz's novel ferdydurke; the grotesque and memory in contemporary estonian culture; contributors; index
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This collection of essays aims to recapitulate the state of grotesque poetics in modern and post-modern writing. It concentrates on Central and Eastern Europe, introducing the Western reader to the variety and ingenuity of this region's literary traditions, ranging from German and Russian to Lithuanian and Romanian literatures. At the same time, it seeks to highlight the importance of the grotesque mode of writing in the region. It includes new insights and interpretations of theories on grot ..
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Katkus, Laurynas Grotesque Revisited : Grotesque and Satire in the Post/Modern Literature of Central and Eastern Europe ISBN 978-1-4438-4864-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Slavic Studies
Keywords:
Das Groteske
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Satire
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Literatur
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Postmoderne
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Katkus, Laurynas, 1972-
