Bakhtin, carnival and comic theory

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Bakhtin, carnival and comic theory

In Rabelais and His World, Mikhail Bakhtin presents us both with a theory of carnival, and with an account of the historical decline of the carnivalesque since the Renaissance. This thesis uses Bakhtin's work as a point of departure for an analysis of particular moments in the history of post-R...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taylor, Ben
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	1995
Subjects:	Comedy; Humour; Critical theory; Philosophy; Religion; Literature; Mass media; Performing arts
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11052/

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