PPT-The Grotesque in Literature

The Grotesque Today  Nowadays when people talk about the grotesque their meaning is closer to its adjectival form very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural The Grotesque in Literature . The man, his art, and. Battleship Potemkin. Sergei. Eisenstein . (1898. -. 1948). Born in Riga, Latvia, into the family of a prominent architect and engineer;. Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering in Saint Petersburg;. Il . Poeta. : Federico Fellini. 8 1/2 . (1963). “Down, definitely down!. Fellini’s Movies. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Amarcord. . (1974). Fellini’s Movies. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. VOCABULARY. affable. affable. Friendly; pleasant. condone. condone. To excuse; overlook. dank. d. ank . miserably damp and chilly. droll. d. roll . Comical in a strange way. ennui. The Fantastic. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Grandmother and the Kids. Science fiction, then, commonly uses techniques both from the realistic and the . fantastic traditions of narrative . Dada &. Surrealism. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Both responses to The Great War and the end of Enlightenment. Dada &. Surrealism. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. HBO and the Television Grotesque. HBO Water Cooler Commercial. HBO and the Television Grotesque. Memorable Episodes. “Humbug” (2.20).. Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a circus freak show wintering in Florida.. Hieronymous. Bosch (1450-1516). In real life he was quite an ordinary fellow I’m told, a city father who enjoyed taking care of the costumes of the yearly carnival. Of course everything was religious then.. Arbus. . 1923-1971. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Diane . Arbus. . ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. David Cronenberg (1943- ). Canadian Filmmaker. Cronenberg. Interview on the Grotesque Blog. David . Cronenberg. and the Cinema of the Extreme. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Flannery O’Connor. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. A Scene from . Lost . (“The Incident”). Watch on the Grotesque Blog. Flannery O’Connor. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. , Mask, Grotesque. , Montage, Biomechanics. Meyerhold’s. philosophy about stylisation and biomechanics in performance.. What You Need . T. o Do. Define . stylisation. . and . explain. how . Meyerhold. Flannery O’Connor. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. A Scene from . Lost . (“The Incident”). Watch on the Grotesque Blog. Flannery O’Connor. ENGL 2020 Themes in Literature and Culture: The Grotesque. Reflection: Anti-Hero. Which scene (or scenes) did you choose for your anti-hero comic, and why?. How is . McMurphy. an example of an anti-hero?. Discussion Questions. What happens with George after the fishing trip?. Presentation of Edgar and Gloucester. Significance of Edgar’s verbal depiction of the cliff top scene. Gloucester’s prayer. The absurd/ grotesque. Paired questions. In many ways this represents the climax of the subplot. Discuss how you would best stage Gloucester’s ‘suicide’? Is there a danger the audience could laugh? Does this matter?.