Bakhtin’ s Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism and the Voice of Other in Sylvia Plath’ s ‘ Metaphors’

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MOOSAVINIA SAYYED RAHIM; mazlomian Saeede

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Journal: Research in Contemporary World Literature Year:2019 | Volume:24 | Issue:1 Page(s): 269-282

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Bakhtin’ s Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism and the Voice of Other in Sylvia Plath’ s ‘ Metaphors’

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MOOSAVINIA SAYYED RAHIM | mazlomian Saeede | Issue Writer Certificate

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Carnivalesque-Grotesque RealismQ1

DegradationQ1

Voice of The OtherQ1

PregnancyQ1

Woman’s BodyQ1

CarrierQ1

Abstract

Societies are shaped by voices, but the voices of those in position of power have been the loudest, the most deafening. Undoubtedly, therefore, there have always been voices in societies, specially feminine ones, which have not been allowed on the grounds of being either taboos or against the norms, conventions, and even the laws of a society. Nevertheless, there have been loopholes for these voices to escape and be echoed innocuously. As an instance, Bakhtin believed that carnivals gave people the chance to mock and criticize authorities without falling prey to its otherwise oppressive consequences. Literature, too, tends to have such escape clauses which Bakhtin introduced as Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism. Like carnivals, he believed, this literary technique aims to distort images of idealism that are internalized in societies. Through these satirical descriptions, a literary text can display or play a carnival, mock the taboo, and cunningly escape its consequences. In so doing, the artist fabricates an opportunity for a prison break from monologue to make a space for dialogic criticism so that the Voice of The Other could be heard. Such literary escape-artists abound in the realm of literature all around the world and the course of history. Sylvia Plath, the American poet, is one such artist...

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MOOSAVINIA, SAYYED RAHIM, & mazlomian, Saeede. (2019). Bakhtin’ s Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism and the Voice of Other in Sylvia Plath’ s ‘ Metaphors’. RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY WORD LITERATURE (PAZHUHESH-E ZABANHA-YE KHAREJI), 24(1 ), 269-282. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/182455/en

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MOOSAVINIA SAYYED RAHIM, mazlomian Saeede. Bakhtin’ s Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism and the Voice of Other in Sylvia Plath’ s ‘ Metaphors’. RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY WORD LITERATURE (PAZHUHESH-E ZABANHA-YE KHAREJI)[Internet]. 2019;24(1 ):269-282. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/182455/en

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SAYYED RAHIM MOOSAVINIA, and Saeede mazlomian, “Bakhtin’ s Carnivalesque-Grotesque Realism and the Voice of Other in Sylvia Plath’ s ‘ Metaphors’,” RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY WORD LITERATURE (PAZHUHESH-E ZABANHA-YE KHAREJI), vol. 24, no. 1 , pp. 269–282, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/182455/en

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