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1、ConnotationsVol.13.1-2(2003/2004)“…andthelongsecretextravaganzawasplayedout”:TheGreatGatsbyandCarnivalinaBakhtinianPerspectiveWINIFREDFARRANTBEVILACQUAThesupremeruseofpoweristoallowitselftobecontestedrituallyin1ordertoconsolidateitselfmoreeffectively.GeorgesBalandie
2、rFromantiquity,MikhailBakhtinargues,literaryhistoryhasbeenshapedbothby“serious”genressuchastragedyandepicandbyserio-comicgenreslikeMenippeansatirewhichconstitutethecar-nivalisticlineinWesternliterature.Petronius’Satyriconisafounda-tionaltextinthecarnivaltraditionoft
3、henovelforitsdisenchantedportrayalofachangingcontemporarysociety,itsuseoflaughtertodefamiliarizeapprovedideologiesandideas,anditsrootsinfolkloreandfestiverituals.Behinditsscenesandevents,“thereglimmersmoreorlessdistinctlythecarnivalsquarewithitsspecificcarnivalistic
4、logicoffamiliarcontacts,mésalliances,disguisesandmystifications,contrastingpairedimages,scandals,crownings/decrownings,andsoforth.[…]infacttheveryplotoftheSatyriconisthoroughlycarnival-2ized”(PDP133-34).FitzgeraldentitledalateversionofhisnovelTrimalchioandinthepubli
5、shedworkheretainedNick’sobservationthatafterGatsbyrealizedDaisydidnotenjoyhisparties,“hiscareerasTrimalchiowas3over.”Variouselementslinkthesetwoworks.BothTrimalchioandGatsbyarenouveauxrichesandinventelementsoftheirownbiogra-phies.Eachhasaluxurioushome,ownsanimpressi
6、velibrary,giveslavishpartiesattendedbysociallyheterogeneousgroups.Theirfes-tivities,wherefoodisaformofplayandoftendisguisedsothatitsoriginalnatureisunrecognizable,unfoldagainstamusicalback-groundandaresowell-stagedthatTrimalchioisdescribedasthe4“director,producer,ma
7、inactor”ofhispartywhileGatsbyistermed_______________Fordebatesinspiredbythisarticle,pleasechecktheConnotationswebsiteat.Connotations-AJournalforCriticalDebatebytheConnotationsSocietyislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAt
8、tribution-ShareAlike4.0InternationalLicense.112WINIFREDFARRANTBEVILACQUA“aregularBelasco.”Bothareobsessedbythepassageoftime.Anastrologisth
