GROTESQUE MOTIFS IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE AS MOTIVES OF MILLENIALS' AFFECTION TO SCARY STORIES (original) (raw)

Hornedo (1999) in his essay, Conceptual Structure of the Relationship of Theory to Literary Text, explains that " the teacher is treating literature after a theory-his own theory, which is literature as a useful art. It is measured by its effects, and form is valued for what it can do for the sake of content ". The said idea adheres to this study which explores the subversive undertow of the grotesque motifs from the classical type of literary material to the taste of the modern reader. The materials are considered good number of representative such as, Richard III, the creation of Dr. Frankenstein, Quasimodo, and Erik the Phantom. This paper intends to unravel reasons behind the strange affection of the Millenials to the literary works with deformed characters or scary themes. This paper uses a descriptive-qualitative type of research which anchors on the theories of the grotesque as an analytical tool to present the motives behind the Millenial's allure to the literary materials with scary or deformed characters. The discussion starts with the Theories of the Grotesque and follows four phases titled as: The Unmasking of the Faces; The Veiling of the Faces; the Damnation of the Faces; and The Readers' Attraction to the Faces. It is therefore encouraged that the teachers, being the basic facilitator of learning situation, should have a wide understanding of their learners' needs in terms of the materials that will be utilized in the process of presentation, discussion, and assimilation.