Rabelais's Radical Farce
Late Medieval Comic Theater and Its Function in Rabelais
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2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6518-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6518-2 (ISBN)
By tracing the development of farce in late medieval and Renaissance comedic theater in comparison to the evolution of farce in Rabelais' work, this work distinguishes Rabelais' use of the device from traditional farce. It shows how Rabelais in fact introduced both a radical reformulation of farce, and a new form of humanist satire.
In the first extended investigation of the importance of dramatic farce in Rabelais studies, Bruce Hayes makes an important contribution to the understanding of the theater of farce and its literary possibilities. By tracing the development of farce in late medieval and Renaissance comedic theater in comparison to the evolution of farce in Rabelais's work, Hayes distinguishes Rabelais's use of the device from traditional farce. While traditional farce is primarily conservative in its aims, with an emphasis on maintaining the status quo, Rabelais puts farce to radical new uses, making it subversive in his own work. Bruce Hayes examines the use of farce in Pantagruel, Gargantua, and the Tiers and Quart livres, showing how Rabelais recast farce in a humanist context, making it a vehicle for attacking the status quo and posing alternatives to contemporary legal, educational, and theological systems. Rabelais's Radical Farce illustrates the rich possibilities of a genre often considered simplistic and unsophisticated, disclosing how Rabelais in fact introduced both a radical reformulation of farce, and a new form of humanist satire.
In the first extended investigation of the importance of dramatic farce in Rabelais studies, Bruce Hayes makes an important contribution to the understanding of the theater of farce and its literary possibilities. By tracing the development of farce in late medieval and Renaissance comedic theater in comparison to the evolution of farce in Rabelais's work, Hayes distinguishes Rabelais's use of the device from traditional farce. While traditional farce is primarily conservative in its aims, with an emphasis on maintaining the status quo, Rabelais puts farce to radical new uses, making it subversive in his own work. Bruce Hayes examines the use of farce in Pantagruel, Gargantua, and the Tiers and Quart livres, showing how Rabelais recast farce in a humanist context, making it a vehicle for attacking the status quo and posing alternatives to contemporary legal, educational, and theological systems. Rabelais's Radical Farce illustrates the rich possibilities of a genre often considered simplistic and unsophisticated, disclosing how Rabelais in fact introduced both a radical reformulation of farce, and a new form of humanist satire.
E. Bruce Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Kansas, USA.
Contents: Introduction; Part I The World of Farce: The ethics and ethos of farce; 'Tant de langaige': the languages of farce. Part II Rabelais's Radical Farce: Humanist satirical farce in Pantagruel and Gargantua; Unresolved farce and 'tragicque farce': Tiers and Quart livres; Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 498 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7546-6518-6 / 0754665186 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-6518-2 / 9780754665182 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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