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Grotesque (literature)
In literature, a character or location that is irregular, extravagant or fantastic in form. When used as a device, the purpose is often in the style of expressionism, making the grotesque a parody of human qualities or a distorted reflection of a familiar place.
In literature, when grotesque characters can sometimes more worthy than conventional ones, the intention is usually to point out that we judge by appearances, instead of looking for the personality beneath. This is a common device of fairytales, as in ‘Beauty and the Beast’.
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alliteration
ambiguity
anachronism
analogy
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antithesis
antonym
assonance
bathos
black humour
climax
comic relief
conceit
connotation
couplet
device
double entendre
emotive language
euphemism
figure of speech
grotesque (literature)
half-rhyme
hyperbole
imagery
irony
lampoon
literary criticism
metaphor
metonymy
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
parody
pastiche
personification
pun
rhetoric
rhyme
rhythm (poetry)
satire
simile (language)
symbol (general)
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synthesis (literature)
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