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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... lower stratum , Hugo offers the grotesque image of a serpent inside man ; " these are his bowels . " Generally speak- ing , Hugo understood correctly the role of the lower stratum as the organizing principle of the entire system of ...
... lower stratum , Hugo offers the grotesque image of a serpent inside man ; " these are his bowels . " Generally speak- ing , Hugo understood correctly the role of the lower stratum as the organizing principle of the entire system of ...
Page 309
... lower stratum replaces the upper stratum . The word is localized in the mouth and in the head ( thought ) ; from there it is transferred to the abdomen and is pushed out under the impact of Harlequin's head . This traditional gesture of ...
... lower stratum replaces the upper stratum . The word is localized in the mouth and in the head ( thought ) ; from there it is transferred to the abdomen and is pushed out under the impact of Harlequin's head . This traditional gesture of ...
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... lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the " fool ” ( fol , sot ) in the context of Rabelais and of all the Renaissance never had ...
... lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the " fool ” ( fol , sot ) in the context of Rabelais and of all the Renaissance never had ...
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