Abstract

Abstract This essay is an exploration of the historical and theoretical relations between the ridiculous and the sublime. Leaning on concepts from Friedrich Schiller, Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Mann, and Norman Mailer, it seeks to place John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday into a broader tradition. The main focus is the narrative function of the character Hazel, the village idiot turned suffering hero.

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