Grotesque Body Image and Carnivalesque Elements in Sevim Burak’s Play Here Is the Head, Here Is the Body, Here Are the Wings
This study initially focuses on the grotesque body images which Bakhtin constructed on organs such as the mouth, dismembered body parts, anus, and reproductive organs by taking Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel (1564), one of the most remarkable works in the context of the grotesque during the lat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Istanbul University Press
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/D0FD504CDC6A4A0A99005E5E5C543E28 |
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| Summary: | This study initially focuses on the grotesque body images which Bakhtin constructed on organs such as the mouth, dismembered body parts, anus, and reproductive organs by taking Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel (1564), one of the most remarkable works in the context of the grotesque during the late Renaissance period. The study then accordingly analyzes Sevim Burak’s play Here Is the Head, Here Is the Body, Here Are the Wings in the framework of Bakhtin’s grotesque body image and determines the play to have basically been constructed over three elements: mouth and insatiable appetite (i.e., gluttony), the dismembered body, and the lower parts of the body and defecation. The article also encounters some findings on carnival theory that Bakhtin related to the grotesque and reveals Burak’s play to not only carry the elements of the Renaissance grotesque (i.e., laughter), but also the elements of the Romantic grotesque (i.e., uncanny). In this context, the study aims to exemplify the original use of grotesque body images in Turkish Theatre by constructing a relationship between Bakhtin’s grotesque body image and Sevim Burak’s play. |
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| ISSN: | 2687-4636 |