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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... historic phenomena . The cyclical charac- ter is superseded by the sense of historic time . The grotesque im- ages with their relation to changing time and their ambivalence become the means for the artistic and ideological expression ...
... historic phenomena . The cyclical charac- ter is superseded by the sense of historic time . The grotesque im- ages with their relation to changing time and their ambivalence become the means for the artistic and ideological expression ...
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... historic figures and events of political and court life was started as early as the six- teenth century , was transmitted to the seventeenth century , and was adopted by the historic - allegorical method . In the seventeenth century ...
... historic figures and events of political and court life was started as early as the six- teenth century , was transmitted to the seventeenth century , and was adopted by the historic - allegorical method . In the seventeenth century ...
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... historic - allegorical method is at present completely re- jected by Rabelais scholars.56 The novel doubtless contains many allusions to historical personages and events , but it is quite im- possible to apply them rigidly throughout ...
... historic - allegorical method is at present completely re- jected by Rabelais scholars.56 The novel doubtless contains many allusions to historical personages and events , but it is quite im- possible to apply them rigidly throughout ...
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