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

• Main Authors: Beng, Seach Jin, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Talif, Rosli, Zainal, Zainor Izat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UKM Press 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86888/1/Negotiating%20existential%20concerns%20of%20death%20and%20meaninglessness.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86888/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/article/view/41379

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 connotatio...