Negotiating existential concerns of death and meaninglessness through the grotesque in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost

• Main Authors: Seach, Jin Beng, Arbaayah Ali Termizi, Rosli Talif, Zainor Izat Zainal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16541/1/41379-145060-2-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16541/; https://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1364
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Grotesque and existentialism in the field of literature generally raise four points. On the one hand, the grotesque has always been associated with negative connotation elements that usually include deformity, death, violence or monstrosity. In fact, the grotesque often carries pejorative connot...