Blick durch das amerikanische Ideal: Die Politik des gewalttätigen Humors in den Abenteuern von Huckleberry Finn
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Fokussierung, Grotesk, Humor, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, GewaltAbstract
Huckleberry Finn ist der Höhepunkt des amerikanischen Humors, und der heftige Humor des Romans kritisiert die moralischen Werte der amerikanischen Gesellschaft. Obwohl das Lachen an der Oberfläche vorhanden ist, steckt hinter der Geschichte ein bitterer Humor, der verschiedene Wertesysteme angreift und bricht. Neben extrem gewalttätigem Humor ist das Groteske eine der anderen Strategien, die dem Humor helfen, seine politische Mission zu erfüllen. Die strategische Zusammenarbeit von gewalttätigem Humor mit Groteske und Erzählung führt dazu, dass eine statische Mentalität auf Seiten der Leser freigesetzt wird. Huck Finn offenbart effektiv die Falschheit des amerikanischen Ideals, trotz seines Anspruchs auf Echtheit, durch die Gegenüberstellung heterogener Charaktere, Welten und Leben, die die Rohheit des Alltags offenbaren. Dazu werden die Humortheorien von Wissenschaftlern wie Plaza, Walker, Cox und Camfield sowie die Gewalttheorien von Zizek, Schinkel und Galtung herangezogen, um den zusammenhängenden Mechanismus von Humor, Gewalt und Groteske im Angriff auf Wertesysteme zu verdeutlichen . Heftiger Humor im Einklang mit dem Fokus des Romans durch Huck, einen naiven Erzähler, unterstreicht die Diskrepanz zwischen dem amerikanischen Ideal und den Realitäten des Lebens, die den Leser von opiatartigen Ansichten der Gesellschaft befreit und ihnen eine klare Vision gibt, frei von Wertsystemen.
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