The Bakhtinian Carnival in Chicano Novels by Rolando Hinojosa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21250374 |
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| Authors | Marina K Bronich (0000-0003-1231-6689, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod), Maria I Baranova (0000-0003-1062-2033, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Litterarum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2500-4247 • E-ISSN: 2541-8564 |
| Publisher | A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22455/2500-4247-2021-6-1-152-169 |
| OpenAlex | W3137786580 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The article discusses Rolando Hinojosa’s novels Klail City and The Valley about the 20 th century Chicano community. The analysis bears on the carnival theory by Mikhail Bakhtin. Carnivalesque images and literary devices examined in the novels create the feeling of the infinite festivity and prove the omnipresence of Bakhtinian carnival in the novelist’s early works. The fictional world of Rolando Hinojosa operates following the rules of the carnival. The life of the Chicano community is organized around the town square, where religious ceremonies are travestied and typical carnival rituals such as “the feast of fools,” election and dethroning of the King, carnival sacrifice, and “the funeral banquet” are perfomed. The analysis of Hinojosa’s novels using Bakhtin’s carnivalesque theory sheds light on the main ideas of Klail City Death Trip Series. The festive character of the bodily imagery represents the triumph of life over death, while the macabre laughter helps Chicanos to defeat their fear of death
Art · Art history · Banquet · Carnivalesque · Humanities · Laughter · Literature · Macabre · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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