Grotesque(The New Critical Idiom)

Justin Edwards (作者), Rune Graulund (作者)

出版社: Routledge; 1 (2013年7月12日)

叢書名: The New Critical Idiom

平裝: 176頁

語種： 英語

ISBN: 0415519101

條形碼: 9780415519106

商品尺寸: 12.9 x 1 x 19.8 cm

內容簡介

Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film.

The book:

presents a history of the literary grotesque from Classical writing to the present

examines theoretical debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts

introduce readers to key writers and artists of the grotesque, from Homer to Rabelais, Shakespeare, Carson McCullers and David Cronenberg

analyses key terms such as disharmony, deformed and distorted bodies, misfits and freaks

explores the grotesque in relation to queer theory, post-colonialism and the carnivalesque.

Grotesque presents readers with an original and distinctive overview of this vital genre and is an essential guide for students of literature, art history and film studies.

作者簡介

Justin D. Edwards is Research Professor of English at University of Surrey. He has taught at the universities of Copenhagen, Quebec and Montreal, and he has held research fellowships at Churchill College, Cambridge (2005-6) and Cambridge University’s Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in 2010.

Rune Graulund is a Lecturer in English at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has taught literature and cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen and the University of London.

目錄

1. Grotesquerie  2. Groteskology; or, Grotesque in Theory  3. Monstrous and Grotesque  4. Grotesque Bodies  5. Disharmony and Transgression  6. Attraction/Repulsion  7. Laughter and Grotesque  8. Queerly Grotesque  9. Postcolonial Grotesque  Conclusion: Global Grotesque