The large paws of a sensitive circus elephant: grotesque and comic in Clarice Lispector’s fiction

Authors

  • Mariângela Alonso

Keywords:

grotesque, comic, Clarice Lispector.

Abstract

This article proposes the analysis of grotesque issues present in the short story “The solution”, by Clarice Lispector (1920-1977). The theoretical basis is given especially by the studies of Wolfgang Kayser and Mikhail Bakhtin. The analysis is complemented with ideas of Vladimir Propp about the comic emphasized in the physical nature of man. In addition to that, the research refers to important critical voices of Clarice Lispector’s criticism, which will illuminate the analysis done here.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Alonso, M. (2016). The large paws of a sensitive circus elephant: grotesque and comic in Clarice Lispector’s fiction. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 42(3), 1319–1332. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/934

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Section

Literatura Brasileira