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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... example ( clownery ) the laughter is direct , naïve , and devoid of anger . The stutterer can laugh at himself . In the second example ( burlesque ) irony is added to laughter , arising from the degradation of high literature . Moreover ...
... example ( clownery ) the laughter is direct , naïve , and devoid of anger . The stutterer can laugh at himself . In the second example ( burlesque ) irony is added to laughter , arising from the degradation of high literature . Moreover ...
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... example no one is mocked , neither the stutterer nor Harlequin . In the example of burlesque the high style of the Aeneid and classicism in general are the object of mockery , but there is no moral incentive for irony . This is merely a ...
... example no one is mocked , neither the stutterer nor Harlequin . In the example of burlesque the high style of the Aeneid and classicism in general are the object of mockery , but there is no moral incentive for irony . This is merely a ...
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... examples given by Schneegans . From the point of view of this objective content , the similarity between the examples ... example cited by Schnee- gans : the caricature of Napoleon and the exaggeration of the size of his nose . According ...
... examples given by Schneegans . From the point of view of this objective content , the similarity between the examples ... example cited by Schnee- gans : the caricature of Napoleon and the exaggeration of the size of his nose . According ...
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