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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... humor , formed within the framework of bourgeois modern culture and aesthetics , were applied to this interpretation . We may therefore say without exaggeration that the profound originality expressed by the culture of folk humor in the ...
... humor , formed within the framework of bourgeois modern culture and aesthetics , were applied to this interpretation . We may therefore say without exaggeration that the profound originality expressed by the culture of folk humor in the ...
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... humor was also examined ( A. Dieterich , H. Reich , F. Cornford ) . Folklorists performed a considerable task in the study of the origin and char- acter of various themes and symbols pertaining to the culture of folk humor . ( It is ...
... humor was also examined ( A. Dieterich , H. Reich , F. Cornford ) . Folklorists performed a considerable task in the study of the origin and char- acter of various themes and symbols pertaining to the culture of folk humor . ( It is ...
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... humor . So our problem is posed . However , the immediate object of our study is not the culture of folk humor but the work of Rabelais . The sphere of folk humor is boundless and , as we have said , pre- sents a great variety of ...
... humor . So our problem is posed . However , the immediate object of our study is not the culture of folk humor but the work of Rabelais . The sphere of folk humor is boundless and , as we have said , pre- sents a great variety of ...
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