Comparative Literature, 1975-2026
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(2007) Bayliss, Tiffany; Rabate, Jean-MichelItem A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE FANTASTIC: “DEFINING” THE FANTASTIC THROUGH AN ARTISTICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CONTEXTUALIZED LENS IN BALZAC’S LE CHEF D’ŒUVRE INCONNU, GAUTIER’S MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN, AND AKUTAGAWA’S JIGOKUHEN.
(2020-09-24) Mundiya, Hana; Hare, Thomas; Ueda, AtsukoI aim to classify Le Chef d’œuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac, Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier, and Jigokuhen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa as fantastic works by presenting them through a more historically and artistically contextualized lens than those presented in the literary theory canon; the works can, as a result of the ineffable impact that art tends to have on the characters, in my view, be equally as grotesque, disturbing, and “unreal” as the classic fantastic tales by Gautier, Maupassant, Kyoka, Akutagawa, and Hoffmann. I first state the ambiguity that results from an attempt to define the term “fantastic,” and then provide historical context for the works in relation to the literary trends of mid-nineteenth century France and early twentieth century Japan. This second chapter includes a case study of the French baroque aesthetic, as the two works by Balzac and Gautier take place during the seventeenth century. Following the interpretation that the authors set their works in a previous time period as a result of a desire for an “ideal” past, I investigate the role of the obsessed artist and his presentation, in certain cases, as a kind of demonic figure -- this transitions into a discussion of the notion of the ideal in the works, most significantly in terms of the ideal beauty, the ideal piece of art, and the warped ideal, and the ways in which the narrations contribute to the overall fantastic qualities, and ultimately to their classification as fantastic tales from a novel, artistic perspective.
Item The Abacus Tally
(2003) Gregory, Eliza; James Lasdun/Chang-rae LeeItem Above the Undiscovered Country: The Myth of Living and Dying in Spain
(1986) Cole, Jonathan DanielItem Absent Presence, Present Absence: The Art of Writing History
(1995) Piper, Andrew; Corngold, StanleyItem Aby Warburg’s Method: A Contextual Reading
(2008) Ziyal, Omer; Heller-Roazen, DanielItem The Acacia by Claude Simon
(1991) Van Rheenen, SaraItem Access and Preservation: Examining Languages of Instruction in Education Systems in China, Morocco, and Switzerland
(2015-06-10) Walker, Abidjan; Bermann, SandraItem The Accounts of Alcibiades and Alvy: structural and thematic considerations on the difficulties of communication in Symposium and Annie Hall
(2009) Lee, Choongmin; P. Adams SitneyItem Acquired Tastes: The Social Discourse of Disordered Eating in Pre-Modern Chinese and European Literature
(2024-07-11) Li, Brian; Brownlee, Marina S.; Keulemans, PaizeItem Adventures in Anglo-American Magazines: Structuralist Activity & Differential Writing
(2007) Snelson, Daniel Scott; Bush, ChristopherItem The Aesthetic of Allegory: The German Romantic Kunstmarchen
(1983) Epstein, MaramItem The Aesthetic of Realism -- Georg Lukacs' Theories of Literary Realism
(1980) Globig, Ingred FrancescaItem The Aesthetics of Perspectivism: Nietzsche, Embedded Narrative Structures and the Problem of Language in Don Quixote
(2010) Chan, Jeremy; Brownlee, MarinaItem After by Annie Saumont
(2010) Fletcher, Laura P.; Wood, MichaelAgainst Silence, in Line: Georges Horan-Koiransky and Testimonial Jewish Art at Drancy
(2026-04-16) Hornfeld, Hanna Albuquerque; Levy, Lital; Bermann, SandraItem Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi": Landmark in the History of Theater
(1990) Kevles, Jonathan DavidItem The Alien Mind: Aufhebung in the Search for Life and Utopia
(2014-07-07) Shum, Greta Enid Marie; Brooks, PeterItem All About Evita: Uncovering the Mystery and Mythology of Eva Peron
(2009) Cortés, Gabriel Antonio; Wendy Belcher