From jtriley at unca.edu Mon Jun 1 17:25:03 2009 From: jtriley at unca.edu (Jacob Riley) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:25:03 -0400 Subject: [ilds] Durrell, Bakhtin, and Joyce--Carnival genres/menippean satire Message-ID: Hello everyone from the Durrell discussoin group. I am curious if anyone has read any criticism about Durrell's possible relation with Petronius' Satyricon and other so called 'menippean satires'. I am a student at University of North Carolina Asheville and am hoping to write my thesis on Durrell, but work within the framework of Bakhtin's description of the carnival/menippean satire genres. I wrote a short paper on Joyce's relation to Bakhtin's concept of carnival and am looking to expand it to Durrell. I am also interested in thinking about (theoretically) the connection between Bakhtin's conception of Carnival with the sort of 'play' of post-structuralist theory. Anything anyone could direct me to could be useful--or if you simply would like to discuss this issue with me. As far as the novels go, I have read Durrell's Black Book, the Alexandria Quartet, and am through the first 3 books of the Avignon Quintet (planning on finish it in the next few days). -Jacob Riley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/ilds/attachments/20090601/c3cea9df/attachment.html From odos.fanourios at gmail.com Mon Jun 1 20:27:42 2009 From: odos.fanourios at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:27:42 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Durrell, Bakhtin, and Joyce--Carnival genres/menippean satire In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A249C2E.7040309@gmail.com> Hello Jacob, Welcome to the list! There are indeed some strong ties between Durrell and Petronius, not the least of which are the overt references in /The Revolt of Aphrodite/ (the titles of each volume) and the section "Minisatyricon" at the end of the /Avignon Quintet/. There are allusions to Petronius in Durrell's earliest novels as well, including overt references and covert allusions in /Pied Piper of Lovers/ and /Panic Spring/ from the 30s. But, I think these articles might interest you more immediately: Zahlan, Anne Ricketson. "City as Carnival, Narrative as Palimpsest: Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet." /Journal of Narrative Technique/ 18.1 (1988): 34-46. Fraser, G. S. "By Courtesy of the Firm." /New Statesman/ 75 (12 April 1968): 483-484. Howarth, Herbert. "Lawrence Durrell and Some Early Masters." /Books Abroad/ 37 (Winter 1963): 5-11. Youssef, Hala Youssef Halim. "The Alexandria Archive: An Archaeology of Alexadrian Cosmopolitanism." Diss. UCLA, 2004. Apart from Zahlan and Youssef, there's been surprisingly little work done on Durrell & Bakhtin. Likewise for Petronius, though it's mentioned in passing fairly regularly, but I think Fraser and Howarth make the most sustained references. You'll find we're all pretty open to discussion here. Fire away! Cheers, James Jacob Riley wrote: > Hello everyone from the Durrell discussoin group. I am curious if anyone > has read any criticism about Durrell's possible relation with Petronius' > Satyricon and other so called 'menippean satires'. I am a student at > University of North Carolina Asheville and am hoping to write my thesis > on Durrell, but work within the framework of Bakhtin's description of > the carnival/menippean satire genres. I wrote a short paper on Joyce's > relation to Bakhtin's concept of carnival and am looking to expand it to > Durrell. I am also interested in thinking about (theoretically) the > connection between Bakhtin's conception of Carnival with the sort of > 'play' of post-structuralist theory. Anything anyone could direct me to > could be useful--or if you simply would like to discuss this issue with > me. As far as the novels go, I have read Durrell's Black Book, the > Alexandria Quartet, and am through the first 3 books of the Avignon > Quintet (planning on finish it in the next few days). > > -Jacob Riley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds