Mijail Bulgakov and the Grotesque: The Master and Margarita According to the Theories of W. Kayser and M. Bajtín

Authors

  • Carlos Ginés Orta Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Keywords:

grotesque, Master and Margarita

Abstract

With the two great theories of grotesque (Kayser and Bajtin) it is possible to explain the terrifying, absurd and phantastic but also comical, full of buffoonery and carnivalesque world which appears in a very important novel: The Master and Margarita. If Gargantua and Pantagruel can be considered the literary summit of the folk tradition of laughter until the XVIth century, The Master and Margarita would be the summit of all literary grotesques until the first half of the XXth century.

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Published

2015-12-31

How to Cite

Ginés Orta, C. (2015). Mijail Bulgakov and the Grotesque: The Master and Margarita According to the Theories of W. Kayser and M. Bajtín. Mundo Eslavo, (14), 143–158. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/meslav/article/view/17562

Issue

No. 14 (2015)

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Articles

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