Abstract
In her article "Nietzsche's Influence on Bakhtin's Aesthetics of Grotesque Realism" Yelena Mazour-Matusevich discusses Bakhtin's concept of grotesque realism in the light of Nietzsche's influence, particularly his notion of chaos and its expression of the Dionysian blended with and perceived through Russian religious thought and mythological consciousness. Mazour-Matusevich postulates that Nietzsche's influence on Bakhtin is most obvious in the latter's seminal work, Rabelais and His World. In order to demonstrate Nietzsche's influence on Bakhtin, Mazour-Matusevich provides an overview of Nietzsche's reception in Russia during Bakhtin's formative years as well as of the current state of research concerning the correlation between the ideas of Nietzsche and Bakhtin. Unlike previous scholarship, Mazour-Matusevich explores the "Nietzschean connection" beyond Thus Spoke Zarathustra by including Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, The Will to Power, The Antichrist, and Twilight of the Idols.
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Mazour-Matusevich, Yelena.
"Nietzsche's Influence on Bakhtin's Aesthetics of Grotesque Realism."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
11.2
(2009):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.1472>
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