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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... satire , directed against iso- lated , purely negative objects . Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque images was completely obscured . The most extensive work devoted to the subject was published in ...
... satire , directed against iso- lated , purely negative objects . Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque images was completely obscured . The most extensive work devoted to the subject was published in ...
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... satiric mockery and moral condemnation . This satire was written from the point of view of the bürger and the Protestant and was directed against feudal nobility ( the junker ) , sunk into the mire of sloth , gluttony , drunkenness ...
... satiric mockery and moral condemnation . This satire was written from the point of view of the bürger and the Protestant and was directed against feudal nobility ( the junker ) , sunk into the mire of sloth , gluttony , drunkenness ...
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... satire . As an example of such exaggeration forgetful of its initial satiric goal , Schneegans cites the fantastic growth of body members in Pantagruel . True , hyperbole is one of the attributes of the gro- tesque ( especially in the ...
... satire . As an example of such exaggeration forgetful of its initial satiric goal , Schneegans cites the fantastic growth of body members in Pantagruel . True , hyperbole is one of the attributes of the gro- tesque ( especially in the ...
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