The “Mischief-Making Monkey:” Byron’s Don Juan as Carnival
This paper analyzes George Gordon Byron’s Don Juan (1819) in light of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of the carnival and carnivalesque in literature. The carnivalesque as a form of humor can be seen in Don Juan; first by Byron reconfiguring the legend of Don Juan and transforming him into a mock hero, i...
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2019-05-01
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| Series: | New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.netsoljournal.net/dergi/the-mischief-making-monkey-byrons-don-juan-as-carnival-pp1-15201905.pdf |