GROTESKA KAO NERVNI SPLET
GROTESQUE AS A NERVOUS WEB

A Theorethical Approach to the Concept of the Phenomenon of the Grotesque

Summary/Abstract: Research into the phenomenon of grotesque is a special issue in the study of not only literary but all kinds of artistic texts, whether it is a dominant or more or less present element in the structure of a particular work of art. Although grotesque and its elements in European literature have a thousand-year tradition, only with the establishment of the postulates of modern literary science, the study of this literary theory problem highlighted it and moved to the spotlight of literary scholars. Extensive scientific studies performed by Wolfgang Kaiser entitled Grotesque in Painting and Poetry as well as the one accomplished by Mikhail Bakhtin The work of Francois Rabelais and the folk culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance today represent key theories in the study of the grotesque in art. However, in addition to Kaiser's theory and Bakhtin's theoretical views on grotesque, we believe that G. R. Tamarin's considerations and interpretations also made a significant and valuable contribution to the definition of the grotesque. Therefore, this paper aims at the interpretation and comment on Tamarin's basic views on the grotesque presented in the study Theory of the Grotesque.

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