Grotesque revisited : Grotesque and Satire in the post/modern literature of Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Laurynas Katkus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katkus, Laurynas.

Series:

Laurynas Katkus studied Lithuanian and Comparative Literature in

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grotesque in literature.

Satire--History and criticism.

Satire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (Cambridge Scholars Publishing.)

Edition:

1.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World

Contents:

Intro

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

ON THE BACKGROUND, STAINS, AND DRY CLEANING

THE GROTESQUE DIMENSION OF WITOLD GOMBROWICZ'S NOVEL FERDYDURKE

THE GROTESQUE AND MEMORY IN CONTEMPORARY ESTONIAN CULTURE

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 15, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5094-2

OCLC:

855505158