Document Type : Original Article
Author
, assistant professor of Persian literature and language, ,east branch , Azad university, Tehran, Iran.,
Abstract
Grotesque is a way of looking at life. This idea is actually derived from ancient cave paintings in Italy which showed a mixture of human, plant, and animal in a tangled and complex way. Later, this style permeated art and literature and became the founder of a new and unique style in literary works. Exaggeration, non-normativity, satire, offensive language, and physicality are some of the hallmarks of this literary style. A method that the author of the novel "The Horrifying Confessions of a Dead Turtle" has used in a special way in writing his work. In this novel, the most frightening and bitter events of life are narrated with biting humor and vulgar language. A method that, by mixing various scenes of death, eating, and carnal desires, has created a distinct manifestation of the grotesque style in places throughout the novel. This article attempts to use a descriptive method of content analysis to analyze grotesque elements and how the author is influenced by these elements, as well as to examine the origins of the novel's narrator's tendency to use grotesque language and components One of the important goals of the research is to go beyond the expression of grotesque elements and use these components to analyze the psyche of the narrator's character A process that results in issues such as fear of death, anxieties, and lifelong traumas as the main motivation for the narrator's choice of a grotesque lifestyle.
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