From scary frights to dreadful laughs: The Canterville Ghost as a parody of the gothicS A PARODY OF THE GOTHIC

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.i39p237-257

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Parody, clichés, gothic, comic, homage

Abstract

This article aims at discussing the short story The Canterville ghost, by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1887. The focus is on a critical reading that discusses the parody of aesthetical features of the gothic tradition in literature. In Wilde´s narrative, clichés, elements of the narrative space, atmosphere and common characters of the gothic novel are used, but the author subverts them, transforming them in comic resources through irony and paying homage to the whole gothic tradition that came before his time. The study is based on theories about the modern and the post modern parody considerations from Linda Hutcheon (1978) and Walter Moser (1992).

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  • Auricélio Soares Fernandes, State University of Paraíba

    Doutor em Letras (UFPB, 2020). Graduado em Letras - Habilitação em Língua Inglesa (2011) pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto II de Língua e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa na UEPB e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura e Interculturalidade, na UEPB, onde desenvolve estudos nas linhas de pesquisa de Literatura Comparada e Intermidialidade e Literatura e Hermenêutica. Tem interesse / pesquisa nas áreas de Literaturas Estrangeiras Modernas, Intermidialidade, Estudos Comparados, com ênfase em Literatura, Cinema, Televisão e outras mídias, o Gótico, o Romantismo anglo-americano e a Literatura da Era Vitoriana.

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2024-11-20

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Fernandes, A. S. (2024). From scary frights to dreadful laughs: The Canterville Ghost as a parody of the gothicS A PARODY OF THE GOTHIC. Revista Criação & Crítica, 39(39), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.i39p237-257