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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Page 62
... essential difference in the appreciation of Rabelais ' writings in the sixteenth century and in the years that followed . Contemporaries understood this one grand style , while men of the next two centuries began to consider it as some ...
... essential difference in the appreciation of Rabelais ' writings in the sixteenth century and in the years that followed . Contemporaries understood this one grand style , while men of the next two centuries began to consider it as some ...
Page 81
... essential rela- tion to time and to social and historical transformation . One of the indispensable elements of the folk festival was travesty , that is , the renewal of clothes and of the social image . Another essential element was a ...
... essential rela- tion to time and to social and historical transformation . One of the indispensable elements of the folk festival was travesty , that is , the renewal of clothes and of the social image . Another essential element was a ...
Page 473
... essential in our mind . We have tried to show that the exceptional originality of his work was determined by the ancient folk culture of humor , powerfully reflected in Rabelaisian imagery . The main failure of contemporary West ...
... essential in our mind . We have tried to show that the exceptional originality of his work was determined by the ancient folk culture of humor , powerfully reflected in Rabelaisian imagery . The main failure of contemporary West ...
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