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 93
... truth . At a time when all life was built within the conventional frameworks of caste , prerogative , scholastic science and hierarchy , truth was localized according to these frameworks ; it was relatively feudal , scholastic , etc ...
... truth . At a time when all life was built within the conventional frameworks of caste , prerogative , scholastic science and hierarchy , truth was localized according to these frameworks ; it was relatively feudal , scholastic , etc ...
Page 94
... truth ; it helped to uncover this truth and to give it an internal form . And this form was achieved and defended during thousands of years in its very depths and in its popular - festive images . Laughter showed the world anew in its ...
... truth ; it helped to uncover this truth and to give it an internal form . And this form was achieved and defended during thousands of years in its very depths and in its popular - festive images . Laughter showed the world anew in its ...
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... truth can be said only in the atmosphere of the banquet , only in table talk . Outside all con- siderations of prudence , such an atmosphere and such a tone corre- sponded to the very essence of truth as Rabelais understood it : a truth ...
... truth can be said only in the atmosphere of the banquet , only in table talk . Outside all con- siderations of prudence , such an atmosphere and such a tone corre- sponded to the very essence of truth as Rabelais understood it : a truth ...
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