Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Rhodes, Jacqueline
Abstract
For this project, the author uses Bakhtin's theory of carnival to illuminate Zappa's sound and rhetoric. The author hopes that by using this theoretical lens allows audiences to understand Zappa's choices in subject matter. Those who can see his work as satire and understand the use of carnivalesque techniques in challenging authority see the genius in his work.
Recommended Citation
Antinora, Sarah Hill, "Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary" (2008). Theses Digitization Project. 141.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/141
