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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... comic shows of the market- place . 2. Comic verbal compositions : parodies both oral and written , in Latin and in the vernacular . 3. Various genres of billingsgate : curses , oaths , popular blazons . These three forms of folk humor ...
... comic shows of the market- place . 2. Comic verbal compositions : parodies both oral and written , in Latin and in the vernacular . 3. Various genres of billingsgate : curses , oaths , popular blazons . These three forms of folk humor ...
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... comic cults which laughed and scoffed at the deity ( “ ritual laughter " ) ; coupled with serious myths were comic and abusive ones ; coupled with heroes were their parodies and doublets . These comic rituals and myths have at- tracted ...
... comic cults which laughed and scoffed at the deity ( “ ritual laughter " ) ; coupled with serious myths were comic and abusive ones ; coupled with heroes were their parodies and doublets . These comic rituals and myths have at- tracted ...
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... comic nature of this scene consists in the fact that the utterance of a diffi- cult word is enacted as childbirth . This is typical of popular comic creation . The entire logic of the grotesque movements of the body ( still to be seen ...
... comic nature of this scene consists in the fact that the utterance of a diffi- cult word is enacted as childbirth . This is typical of popular comic creation . The entire logic of the grotesque movements of the body ( still to be seen ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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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