| Walter Scott is a great novelist and poet, who is called the Father of History Novel in Europe, and praised a Marvelous and Powerful Genius by Hugo who is famous novelist in France. Scott' s novels have a far-reaching impact on Britain Charles Dickens, France Hugo Balzac, Dumas Merimee, Italy Manzoni, Russian Pushkin, Denmark Ingermann, the United States Cooper and China' s Guo Moruo.Ivanhoe, which is representative of Scott' s novels, caused a worldwide sensation, as soon as it was publicated. Critics have analyzed the evaluation of this novel from different perspective, such as Romanticism, interpretation about History, Social Class Analysis, and so on. Variety of Criticism and Diversified perspectives have highlighted the novels themselves inclusive. Ivanhoe also permeates with strong civil Carnival colors, reflecting the "Carnival-world feel." So far, however, it has not been appreciated from the civil Carnival in the context of this classic novel. This thesis attempts to analyze the essence of carnivalization in Ivanhoe from the perspective of the Civil Humoresque Culture, with Bakhtin' s Carnival Theory, to fill the gaps in the theoretical perspective, with a view to further promoting the research of Scott.The thesis consists of introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction mainly braces Scott' s life and his creative work, the situation of studying Ivanhoe at home and abroad, the Innovative of the thesis. First, briefly introducing the content of Bakhtin' s carnival poetry. Then, revealing the essence of carnivalization in Ivanhoe from the Square, language, characters, plot, structure and other aspects. From the exposition, we can see a myriad voices converging and noisy Carnival-Square; Surpassing the official language of all norms and bans, extensive use of Carnival Language, such as a non-verbal vulgarity , God swear, reprimand, buffoonery, slapstick humor and so on, and carnivalized genre, for example, Funny folk songs, Parody Correspondence, Manuscripts, the Noble Style Irony Simulation, Citation irony to Explain the Phrase, etc. Shaping a series of carnival-style comedy characters in the novel. Scott sets up their own story, with full advantage of the Carnival factors such as Resurrection, Mask, Changing Clothes. The novel hides a Drowning-Decrowning Structure on conceiving the whole and setting up the characters. These factors show a subversion and deconstruction of official "truth", hierarchy and authority, a banter and mockery of solemn sacred religion, and embody the kind of free spirit of equality and the spirit of the turn of the change. Conclusion summarizes the whole thesis, and specifically points out that Ivanhoe is a Carnivalized Novel. |
