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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (MA (Afrikaans and Dutch))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / In this thesis I explore the possibility of reading Foxtrot van die vleiseters by Eben Venter through the philosophy of the carnivalesque and grotesque realism, as put forward by the Russian language philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin. An overview of the theory of grotesque realism is given in chapter 1. In chapter 2 some of the main aspects of the apartheidsregime are discussed, after which the most important principles of grotesque realism are applied to the novel. A chapter is devoted to each of the following broad categories: the distinction between a high, official order and a low, unofficial order and the consequences when the official order is lifted; the images of the grotesque body; and lastly, the culture of laughter and celebration. The salient points will be gathered together in the conclusion.

The style and themes central to Bukowski's prose have roots in the literary tradition of the grotesque. Bukowski uses grotesque imagery in his writings as a creative device, explaining the negative characteristics of modern life. His permanent mood of angry disgust at the world around him is similar to that of the eighteenth-century satirists, particularly Jonathan Swift. Bukowski confronts the reader with the uglier side of America--its grime, its corruption, the constricted lives of its lower class--all with a simplicity and directness of style impeccably and clearly distilled. Bukowski's style is ebullient, with grotesquely evocative descriptions, scatological detail, and dark humor.

The succeeding chapters of this thesis are concerned with Carson McCullers' method of handling the Gothic. Their purpose is to describe the modern Gothic elements in McCullers' first three novels: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941), The Member of the Wedding (1946) and in her novella: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1943).

Orientadora: Cleide Antonia Rapucci / Banca: Alexander Meireles da Silva / Banca: Antonio Roberto Esteves / Resumo: O presente trabalho pretende analisar os contos "A Stroke of Good Fortune", "A Temple of the Holy Ghost", "Good Country People", "A View of the Woods", "Revelation" e "Parker's Back", da escritora estadunidense Flannery O'Connor considerando o que neles há de grotesco. Será dada especial atenção à representação do corpo grotesco, isto é, o corpo deformado, amputado, modificado, doente. Uma vez considerados os elementos grotescos, serão realizadas análises das personagens femininas nos contos: como elas são construídas e o que isso pode representar em termos de subversão da autoridade patriarcal e das particularidades da escrita de Flannery O'Connor. Por fim, serão feitas aproximações entre o grotesco e a representação da mulher nos textos da autora. Para a realização desta pesquisa, tomaremos por base as obras dos teóricos sobre o grotesco Wolfgang Kayser (2013), Mikhail Bakhtin (2013) e Mary Russo (2000); além de estudos sobre a escrita de Flannery O'Connor como a obra de Katherine Prown (2001) e outros teóricos que abordam análise de personagens / Abstract: The present work intends to analyse the short stories "A Stroke of Good Fortune", "A Temple of the Holy Ghost", "Good Country People", "A View of the Woods", "Revelation" and "Parker's Back", by the American writer Flannery O'Connor, considering what is grotesque in them. Special attention is going to be paid to the representation of the grotesque body - the deformed, amputee, modified, sick body. Once the grotesque elements are considered, analyses of the female character is going to be carried out: how they are constructed and what it may represent in terms of subversion of the patriarchal authority and of the particularities of Flannery O'Connor's writing. Finally, approximation between the grotesque and the representation of the woman is going to be done based on the author's stories. This research is going to be based on the works of the grotesque theorist Wolfgang Kayser (2013), Mikhail Bakhtin (2013) and Marry Russo (2000), besides studies about Flannery O'Connor's writing such as the work of Katherine Prown (2001) and other theorists of character analysis / Mestre

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