Die transgressiewe karnavaleske: 'n fenomeen in die kabarettekste uit 'n Gelyke kans van Jeanne Goosen
This article examines the phenomenon of the transgressive carnivalesque, a notion of Mikhail Bakhtin of breaking through social conventions and barriers, as it manifests in the cabaret texts in 'n Gelyke kans ("An even chance") by Jeanne Goosen. The carnival on the town square represents a world of feasts, comedy, dance, costumes, masks, giants, monsters and trained animals. It includes comic verbal compositions like parody and vulgar burlesque. These texts can be recognised as subversive of the symbolic order and the Bakhtinian moments are clearly identifiable in each text. The research of Bakhtin, as a broad development of the carnivalesque into a powerful, critical subversion of all official words and hierarchies with far reaching consequences, are here applicable. Without being judgmental, Goosen sympathetically exposes man's inborn, continuous search for the illusion of perfect happiness.
Main Author: | Loubser,Henriëtte |
---|---|
Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | Afrikaans |
Published: |
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association, Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria
2010
|
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2010000200005 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Die self-sny fenomeen onder jongmense: perspektiewe vanuit die praktiese teologie
by: Coetzer,W
Published: (2011) -
Taalkundige essays - 'n gerf uit die vroegskemer
by: Odendaal,Gerda
Published: (2018) -
Uit die kroes
by: Kamfer,Ronelda Sonnet
Published: (2021) -
Die een en ander uit die media, en 'n spelling of twee
by: McLachlan,Tom
Published: (2022) -
Die verband tussen werksbevrediging en die leierskapstyl van bestuurders: 'n Gevallestudie uit die banksektor
by: Booyse,Cornelius, et al.
Published: (2016)