Talk:Grotesque

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pumpkins

WHat do pumpkins have to do with the Grotesque?

They're grotesque. --Jupiter Optimus Maximus (talk) 13:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Czech "groteska"

The Czech (and also Polish?) "groteska" is silent comedies (Chaplin, for example, with a lot of slapstick) and also puppet theatre. What is the origin of this usage of the term? Sladek 14:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sladek (talk • contribs) 16:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

why this

How is this helpful or even meaningful? Sherwood Anderson, in his 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio, included a prefatory chapter titled "The Book of the Grotesque" in which he established the idea of the grotesque character as an overarching principle in his book. So what, his book has something grotesque? Or is he defining it, and if so, how and why?--Flammingo^Hey 22:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was relevant to a discussion of the grotesque in literature that a major work of American literature explicitly defined itself as "grotesque." I think it's worth keeping in. Ellisjudd (talk) 20:35, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is relevant, but its gone now. Someone should put it back in. Sherwood Anderson coined the phrase as we use it to refer to American lit.

Darth Vader

Could Darth Vader be considered a grotesque in fiction? After all, he does inspire both empathy and disgust. --Jupiter Optimus Maximus (talk) 13:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]