ENGB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Twelfth Night, Carnivalesque, Malvolio
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Comedy that is generally joyous and celebratory in tone; usually ends well. Opposed to the darker comedies such as measure for measure or troilus and cressida. On the cusp of shakespeare"s career - in between the early and late period of shakespeare"s work; The name twelfth night comes from a festival - the 12th night of christmas or the feast of the there aren"t many comedies after twelfth night. Epiphany" comes from the greek phanein , which means to appear (also the root of the word. The epiphany is the moment the infant christ is shown to the three kings. In england it was a festival of misrule and feasting and drinking; also known as the feast of. Fools" - social roles can be reversed in this carnivalesque setting. Bakhtin wrote on the carnivalesque writing tradition (this fact will not show up on the exam, but can be a useful source for essay writing)
