A Carnivalesque Perspective of Graham Swift's Last Orders

Date
2008Author
Willis, Catherine Jane
Type
ProjectDegree Level
MastersMetadata
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Graham Swift’s novel Last Orders has yet to be viewed as containing carnivalesque elements as defined by Mikhail Bakhtin in Rabelais and His World. Through the examination of Bakhtin’s theory of the carnivalesque and through a corresponding close reading of Last Orders, this article details the carnivalesque nature of the locations visited by the characters in the narrative, of the grotesque incidents that occur in these locations, and of the narrative style and structure of the novel itself.
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)Department
EnglishProgram
EnglishSupervisor
Cooley, RonCommittee
Vargo, LisaCopyright Date
2008Subject
hop-picking
Rabelais and His World
grotesque realism
Canterbury
pilgrimages
Carnivalesque
Last Orders
Graham Swift
Mikhail Bakhtin
Margate