Sonali Ravi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6803019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonali Ravi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonali |
| FAMILY NAME | Ravi |
| SIGNATURE | RAVI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mabanckou’s Carnivalesque World in Verre Cassé
This article examines images of the body and laughter in Alain Mabanckou’s novel Verre Cassé (2005). Using Bakhtin’s notion of the carnivalesque, this discussion highlights how carnivalesque humor operates in the novel through scatological imagery and informal diction. The novel’s eponymous writer-protagonist documents tragic tales of his compatriots in a bar that Verre Cassé himself frequents. Through this alcoholic writer wallowing in his own e…
Humor in French Postcolonial Literature and Culture: A Paradox
From black face, sexist jokes, anti-Semitic caricatures to anti-Muslim cartoons, comedic discourses have targeted minority groups. The aim of my dissertation, however, is to demonstrate the ways in which minorities who have been targets of jokes, have in turn themselves become its creators, using humor as a medium to deal with complicated questions of identity. In this overview of my dissertation, I outline how a selection of Francophone Maghrebi…
Humor in French Postcolonial Literature and Culture: A Paradox
From black face, sexist jokes, anti-Semitic caricatures to anti-Muslim cartoons, comedic discourses have targeted minority groups. The aim of my dissertation, however, is to demonstrate the ways in which minorities who have been targets of jokes, have in turn themselves become its creators, using humor as a medium to deal with complicated questions of identity. In this overview of my dissertation, I outline how a selection of Francophone Maghrebi…
Humor in French Postcolonial Literature and Culture: A Paradox
From black face, sexist jokes, anti-Semitic caricatures to anti-Muslim cartoons, comedic discourses have targeted minority groups. The aim of my dissertation, however, is to demonstrate the ways in which minorities who have been targets of jokes, have in turn themselves become its creators, using humor as a medium to deal with complicated questions of identity. In this overview of my dissertation, I outline how a selection of Francophone Maghrebi…
Mabanckou’s Carnivalesque World in Verre Cassé
This article examines images of the body and laughter in Alain Mabanckou’s novel Verre Cassé (2005). Using Bakhtin’s notion of the carnivalesque, this discussion highlights how carnivalesque humor operates in the novel through scatological imagery and informal diction. The novel’s eponymous writer-protagonist documents tragic tales of his compatriots in a bar that Verre Cassé himself frequents. Through this alcoholic writer wallowing in his own e…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Alterity (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Carnivalesque (1 works)