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 153
... marketplace images only conventionally . We mean by these terms all that is directly linked with the life of the people , bearing its mark of nonofficial freedom ; but at the same time these images cannot be referred to as popular ...
... marketplace images only conventionally . We mean by these terms all that is directly linked with the life of the people , bearing its mark of nonofficial freedom ; but at the same time these images cannot be referred to as popular ...
Page 154
... marketplace relationship . Officially the palaces , churches , institutions , and pri- vate homes were dominated by hierarchy and etiquette , but in the marketplace a special kind of speech was heard , almost a language of its own ...
... marketplace relationship . Officially the palaces , churches , institutions , and pri- vate homes were dominated by hierarchy and etiquette , but in the marketplace a special kind of speech was heard , almost a language of its own ...
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... marketplace , as far as we can deduce it from the meager biograph- ical data . But how did the marketplace enter the sphere of his novel and how was it reflected in it ? This question first arises in relation to the atmosphere of the ...
... marketplace , as far as we can deduce it from the meager biograph- ical data . But how did the marketplace enter the sphere of his novel and how was it reflected in it ? This question first arises in relation to the atmosphere of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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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