Essays about: "carnivals"

Found 2 essays containing the word carnivals.

1. 1. The Playboy of the Western World: A Carnivalesque Reading

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Mary Röine Doolan; [2014-02-06]
   Keywords : Synge; Irish Drama; carnivalesque; grotesque realism; tragicomedy; symbolism;

   Abstract : A carnivalesque reading of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is presented. Mikhail Bakhtin defines carnivalesque as a literary style that challenges authority and traditional social hierarchy through the use of humour and chaos, and he compares the carnivalesque in literature to the carnivals of popular culture. READ MORE

3. 2. In-Yer-Face: A Study of Unsettling British TV Comedy, Critical Discomfort and Public Offence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Linn Lönroth; [2013]
   Keywords : Chris Morris; The League of Gentlemen; Offence; Comedy; Bakhtin; Offensive comedy; Brass Eye; The Day Today; Jam; Derek; Ricky Gervais; shock; taboo; humour; dark humour; dark comedy; André Breton; British humour; British TV; transgression; provocation; laughter; Armando Iannucci; BBC; Channel 4; sick humour; tastless comedy; Cultural Sciences; Performing Arts; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this essay I explore contemporary British TV comedy that unsettles and offends its audience by pushing humour to its very outer limits. Attempts to breach decorum and provoke the reader/audience is not a new phenomenon, and by looking at the Modernist rejection of bourgeois values I try to contextualise this fascination with transgression and provocation. READ MORE