The grotesque between the shapeless and the misshapen, a possible meaning

Authors

  • Maria Cristina Batalha UERJ - Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Keywords:

Grotesque, Hybridism, Fantastic,

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the importance of the grotesque as a new esthetics which takes place in the Romantic period, and to examine its links with the fantastic literature as well. Since the grotesque puts together opposite elements, it presents itself as a possibility for translating what seems to be elusive, which destabilizes the means of familiar perception and undermines trust in a universal order invested with meaning.

Published

08/12/2008

Issue

Section

Hibridismo, configurações identitárias e formais