Marino Faliero : the function of digression.

Byron has long been labeled a digressive poet, a designation that has been accepted by most structural, psychological, and linguistic critics without much argument. This thesis takes issue with this assessment on the grounds that in his plays, Byron's lengthy speeches always serve specific purposes. Focusing on Byron's Marino Faliero, this thesis will examine the structural function of the speeches in providing the play with unity; the psychological purpose of those speeches in establishing Faliero's identity; and the linguistic difficulties that become apparent in Faliero's search for identity through speech. The analysis will draw from the work of major Byron critics as well as psychoanalysts and linguists. The thesis concludes that Byron seems unique for Romantics in both his heightened awareness of linguistic and psychological problems, as well as in his approach to them. This awareness makes Byron an anachronistic figure whose aesthetic seems more modern or even post-modern than Romantic.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Peckham, Joel, Jr. (Joel Bishop)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Goode, Clement Tyson, 1929-

• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation.
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Marino Faliero.

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Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/14972

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