02228cam a2200241 a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026040002800067041000800095100002400103245027500127246030300402260004300705300002100748502007900769520095800848530002201806653003701828653003201865653002101897700003501918856003301953EG-GiCUC20250223032117.0181117s2018    ua     f m    000 0 eng d  aEG-GiCUCbengcEG-GiCUC0 aeng0 aAsmaa Mostafa Lotfy10aAspects of the carnivalesque and the grotesque in three selected plays : bAphra Behn{u2019}s The Rover (1677) , Saad Allah Wannus{u2019} The King is the King (1977) and Brian Friel{u2019}s Dancing at Lughnasa (1990)  / cAsmaa Mostafa Lotfy ; Supervised Amal Aly Mazhar15aالسمات الكرنفالية والغرائبية (جروتيسك في ثلاث مسرحيات مختارة : bمسرحية المتجول (1677) لافرابين : والملك هو الملك (1977) لسعد الله ونوس : والرقص في لوناسا (1990) لبراين فريل   aCairo : bAsmaa Mostafa Lotfy , c2018  a155 P. ; c25cm   aThesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of Engilsh  aThis thesis aims to explore Mikhail Bakhtin{u2019}s theory of the carnivalesque and the grotesque body as discussed in his seminal book Rabelais and his world (1965). This will be applied later to the three selected plays which belong to different cultures and historical periods, Restoration England in Aphra Behn{u2019}s The Rover (1677) , 20th century Syria in Saad Allah Wannus{u2019}The King is the King (1977) , and lastlyBrian Friel{u2019}s Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). The aim is to show that these elements of the grotesque and the carnivalesque have been used by different cultures and in different historical periods. Moreover, it aims to show that besides being used for the sake of sheer entertainment, it was for other more serious objectives; gender, social and political. Thus, the study will examine the different political, cultural, and social backgrounds, which led to the use and manipulation of these elements in the selected plays   aIssued also as CD 4aCarnivalesque and the grotesque  4aThe King is the King (1977) 4aThe Rover (1677)0 aAmal Aly Mazhar , eSupervisor  uhttp://172.23.153.220/th.pdf