Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Grotesqueness exploits laughter, exaggeration, and unusual contrasts between the imaginary and the real, beauty and ugliness, tragedy and comedy. Grotesqueness is prevalent in folk jokes, especially in tales about gluttony, henpecked husbands, and sexual desire. It manifests itself through character type, language, tone, and time frame. Using analytical and synthetic methods and an interdisciplinary approach, the author examines Vietnamese folk jokes to elucidate this viewpoint.
Author: Quoc Minh Duong Dang
Institution: Văn Hiến University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405378271