Bakhtinian theory and modernist theatre? : carnival and dialogism in Shaw's Arms and the Man, Jarry's Ubu Roi and Pirandello's Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore and Enrico IV

This thesis sets itself the double task of analysing the chosen dramatic texts through Bakhtin's theories of carnival and dialogism, while at the same time debating these categories, exploring their validity, and testing their possible applications to the interpretation of modernist dramatic te...

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Main Author: Foresti, Monica
Published: University College London (University of London) 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429987