The Carnivalesque Construction of a World: The Case of Big Fish, a Novel and a Film
This article introduces a new perspective on the concept of carnival as elaborated by Mikhail Bakhtin. Through a comparative analysis of Daniel Wallace’s work of fiction, Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions and Tim Burton’s film based on it, an association between carnivalesque aesthetics and id...
Main Author: | Joe Montenegro Bonilla |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2014-03-01
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Series: | Revista de Lenguas Modernas |
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/13821 |
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