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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... sense of time and of change was broadened and deepened , drawing into its cycle social and historic phenomena . The cyclical charac- ter is superseded by the sense of historic time . The grotesque im- ages with their relation to ...
... sense of time and of change was broadened and deepened , drawing into its cycle social and historic phenomena . The cyclical charac- ter is superseded by the sense of historic time . The grotesque im- ages with their relation to ...
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... sense of a specific group of consciously es- tablished rules , norms , and proportions in the representation of the human body . ( It is still possible to speak of the classic canon in such a narrow sense at certain phases of its ...
... sense of a specific group of consciously es- tablished rules , norms , and proportions in the representation of the human body . ( It is still possible to speak of the classic canon in such a narrow sense at certain phases of its ...
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... sense is even considered the founder of the new genre . As to the direct influence of folk spectacles and carnival forms , which were still alive though degenerate , it was apparently not considerable . The purely literary tradition was ...
... sense is even considered the founder of the new genre . As to the direct influence of folk spectacles and carnival forms , which were still alive though degenerate , it was apparently not considerable . The purely literary tradition was ...
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