Talking body part
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Talking body parts are a trope in the fantastique. Examples include Marquis which features extensive conversations of Sade talking to his genitals (and the genitals talking back to him), other fiction which employs the trope of the talking body parts are Naked Lunch (1959) by William S. Burroughs and the The Indiscreet Jewels (1748) by Denis Diderot.
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See also
- Anthropomorphism
- Body part
- Independent body parts
- Talking animals in fiction
- Ventriloquism
- Every Hole to Tell the Truth
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