The disconcerting linguistic parade that is the Tiers Livre marks the novel’s inflection toward fantasy, from deceptive blarney to exegetical contortions. Analysis of the unusual logic of François Rabelais’s narrative sheds light on heterodox aspects of Renaissance spirituality as well as on the philosophical audacity of laughter.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-14440-3
EAN:9782406144403
ISSN: 2105-8814
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-179-7
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 11-25-2006
Language: French
Keyword: Hermeneutics, allegorical reading, dialectic, aporia, parable, Menippus, sophistry, Marguerite de Navarre, humanism, sixteenth-century literature