Rabelais and His World, Volume 10This classic work by the Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) examines popular humor and folk culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. One of the essential texts of a theorist who is rapidly becoming a major reference in contemporary thought, Rabelais and His World is essential reading for anyone interested in problems of language and text and in cultural interpretation. |
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... carnivalesque debates , comic dialogues , and euloges . Carnivalesque humor is also reflected in the fabliaux and in the peculiar comic lyrics of vagrant scholars . All these genres are linked to carnivalesque forms and symbols more ...
... carnivalesque debates , comic dialogues , and euloges . Carnivalesque humor is also reflected in the fabliaux and in the peculiar comic lyrics of vagrant scholars . All these genres are linked to carnivalesque forms and symbols more ...
Page 219
... carnivalesque traits . Finally , the carnivalesque character appeared on private family occasions , christenings and memorial services , as well as on agricultural feasts , the harvest of grapes ( vendange ) and the slaughter of cattle ...
... carnivalesque traits . Finally , the carnivalesque character appeared on private family occasions , christenings and memorial services , as well as on agricultural feasts , the harvest of grapes ( vendange ) and the slaughter of cattle ...
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... carnivalesque hell are ambivalent and include in one way or another the symbols of fear defeated by laughter . All of them are carnivalesque dummies representing in a more or less harmless form the old , receding world . At times these ...
... carnivalesque hell are ambivalent and include in one way or another the symbols of fear defeated by laughter . All of them are carnivalesque dummies representing in a more or less harmless form the old , receding world . At times these ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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Abel Lefranc ambivalent ancient antique aspect Bakhtin banquet images birth blazons bodily lower stratum carnival carnival spirit carnivalesque Chapter character church comic completely concept culture death debasement devil diableries earth elements entire episode especially expressed familiar fear feast of fools festive folk culture Fourth Book François Rabelais Friar John Gargantua genre Goethe grotesque body grotesque image grotesque realism hell Hippocrates historic human humor ideological imagery important interpretation king language laugh laughter legends linked literary literature marketplace material bodily lower meaning medieval Menippus Middle Ages novel objects official organs Pantagruel Panurge Panurge's Paris parody peculiar phallus philosophy picture play popular popular-festive praise-abuse present prologue Pulcinella Rabe Rabelais Rabelaisian Renaissance renewal role Roman Saint satire Saturnalia Schneegans serious sixteenth century speech sphere spirit stress swabs symbol system of images tesque theme tion tone tradition transformed travesty truth typical uncrowning underworld urine utopian wine words