From Popular Culture to Enlightenment: Rabelais' <i>Pantagruel </i>and <i>Gargantua </i>as Instruction Manuals
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13362583002021-08-03T05:30:09Z From Popular Culture to Enlightenment: Rabelais' <i>Pantagruel </i>and <i>Gargantua </i>as Instruction Manuals Robb, Ashley Literature Religion Popular culture evangelism Rabelais Erasmus Popular references are a defining feature of Fran¿¿¿¿ois Rabelais’ <i>Pantagruel </i>and <i>Gargantua </i>. One cannot read either of these narratives without being exposed to a barrage of popular characters, imagery, and events. This study serves to elucidate Rabelais’ use of popular characters within <i>Pantagruel </i>and <i>Gargantua </i>by arguing that the author used these characters as instructional tools. The first component ofthis thesis will analyze the manner in which Rabelais makes use of his mythical protagonists in order to denounce the ideological use of myth. This study will also demonstrate how Rabelais uses popular characters in his second narrative, <i>Gargantua</i>, to evoke Erasmian evangelism. The final chapter of this thesis will examine several narrative techniques employed by Rabelais in order to transmit to his readers lessons on wisdom and truth. The culmination of these examplesserves to show how Rabelais’ <i>Pantagruel </i>and <i>Gargantua </i>function as instructionmanuals, by redefining and reclaiming what it means to be a Christian, and informing readers how to live a better, more evangelical, life. 2012-07-23 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1336258300 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1336258300 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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