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... laughter . Therefore , the place of laughter in literature belongs only to the low genres , showing the life of private individuals and the inferior social levels . Laughter is a light amusement or a form of salutary social punishment ...
... laughter . Therefore , the place of laughter in literature belongs only to the low genres , showing the life of private individuals and the inferior social levels . Laughter is a light amusement or a form of salutary social punishment ...
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... laughter was precisely the recognition of its positive , regenerating , creative * meaning . This clearly distinguishes it from the later theories of the philosophy of laughter , including Bergson's conception , which bring out mostly ...
... laughter was precisely the recognition of its positive , regenerating , creative * meaning . This clearly distinguishes it from the later theories of the philosophy of laughter , including Bergson's conception , which bring out mostly ...
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Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin. laughter . He is not a satirist in the ordinary sense of the word . His laughter is by no means directed at the distinct , purely negative aspects of reality . Only a few secondary characters and episodes of ...
Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin. laughter . He is not a satirist in the ordinary sense of the word . His laughter is by no means directed at the distinct , purely negative aspects of reality . Only a few secondary characters and episodes of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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