Study on the Aesthetic Flexion of Clowns

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210813.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Clown, Comedy, Flexion, Female, Fear, Absurdity, Sadness

Abstract

Clowns are an indispensable role type in literature and drama. Unlike the upright heroes, clowns tend to be placed in subtle places such as the margins of the main story line. As a result, the aesthetic process of clowns is more complicated. This paper puts forward the aesthetic “flexion” of clowns, aiming to reveal this seemingly insignificant role type yet with complex and rich features, and expounds from four aspects: concealment, the particularity of female clowns, the internal correlation between ugliness and “fear”, and the internal correlation between ugliness and “sadness”. Finally, it extends to the important role of clowns in existentialism.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiumin Chen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/17
TI  - Study on the Aesthetic Flexion of Clowns
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 240
EP  - 245
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210813.043
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210813.043
ID  - Chen2021
ER  -