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 51
... serious had to remain serious , that is , dull and monotonous . The theme of death as renewal , the combination of death and birth , and the pictures of gay death play an important part in the system of grotesque imagery in Rabelais ...
... serious had to remain serious , that is , dull and monotonous . The theme of death as renewal , the combination of death and birth , and the pictures of gay death play an important part in the system of grotesque imagery in Rabelais ...
Page 122
... serious- ness exercised a powerful influence on literature also , of course undergoing certain transformations in this field . The sphere of belles lettres itself and its various stages of devel- opment - epics , lyrics , and drama ...
... serious- ness exercised a powerful influence on literature also , of course undergoing certain transformations in this field . The sphere of belles lettres itself and its various stages of devel- opment - epics , lyrics , and drama ...
Page 134
... serious parts of Rabelais ' novel ( or those which appear serious to him ) . He leaves laughter aside , as nonhistorical and unchanging . Febvre ignores the comic aspect of the world , evolved during hundreds and thousands of years in ...
... serious parts of Rabelais ' novel ( or those which appear serious to him ) . He leaves laughter aside , as nonhistorical and unchanging . Febvre ignores the comic aspect of the world , evolved during hundreds and thousands of years in ...
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