Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary

<p>For this project, the author uses Bakhtin's theory of carnival to illuminate Zappa's sound and rhetoric. The author hopes that by using this theoretical lens allows audiences to understand Zappa's choices in subject matter. Those who can see his work as satire and understand the use of carnivalesque techniques in challenging authority see the genius in his work.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Antinora, Sarah Hill

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rhodes, Jacqueline

• Frank Zappa -- Criticism and interpretation
• François Rabelais
• Music and rhetoric
• Music -- Social aspects
• Parody
• Music

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/141

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-1141