A Carnivalesque Perspective of Graham Swift's Last Orders

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Saskatchewan

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Willis, Catherine Jane

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cooley, Ron

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Vargo, Lisa

• hop-picking
• Rabelais and His World
• grotesque realism
• Canterbury
• pilgrimages
• Carnivalesque
• Last Orders
• Graham Swift
• Mikhail Bakhtin
• Margate

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-12042008-143721

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/etd-12042008-143721