The grotesque body is a concept, or literary trope, put forward by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais' work. Through the use of the grotesque body in his novels, Rabelais related political conflicts to human physiology. In this way, Rabelais used the concept as "a figure of unruly biological and social exchange".

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  • The grotesque body is a concept, or literary trope, put forward by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais' work. Through the use of the grotesque body in his novels, Rabelais related political conflicts to human physiology. In this way, Rabelais used the concept as "a figure of unruly biological and social exchange". It is by means of this information that Bakhtin pinpoints two important subtexts: the first is carnival which Bakhtin describes as a social institution, and the second is grotesque realism (grotesque body) which is defined as a literary mode. Thus, in Rabelais and His World Bakhtin studies the interaction between the social and the literary, as well as the meaning of the body.. Italian satirist Daniele Luttazzi explained: "satire exhibits the grotesque body, which is dominated by the primary needs (eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, sex) to celebrate the victory of life: the social and the corporeal are joyfully joint in something indivisible, universal and beneficial". Bakhtin explained how the grotesque body is a celebration of the cycle of life: the grotesque body is a comic figure of profound ambivalence: its positive meaning is linked to birth and renewal and its negative meaning is linked to death and decay. In Rabelais' epoch (1500-1800) "it was appropriate to ridicule the king and clergy, to use dung and urine to degrade; this was not to just mock, it was to unleash what Bakhtin saw as the people’s power, to renew and regenerate the entire social system. It was the power of the people’s restive-carnival, a way to turn the official spectacle inside-out and upside down, just for a while; long enough to make an impression on the participating official stratum. With the advent of modernity, the mechanistic overtook the organic, and the officialdom no longer came to join in festive-carnival. The bodily lower stratum of humor dualized from the upper stratum."
  • El Cuerpo grotesco es un concepto ideado por el lingüística y crítico literario ruso Mijail Bajtin en sus estudios atinentes a los textos y relatos de la Edad Media y del Renacimiento, especialmente cuando analiza la obra del escritor francés François Rabelais. El concepto bajtiniano se considera practicamente un tropo literario: el cuerpo grotesco es definido como "una figura de intercambio desregulado biológico y social". Ya que en opinión de Bajtín, Rabelais, interiorizando el cuerpo grotesco en su novela Gargantua y Pantagruel reformuló los conflictos políticos en las dinámicas de la fisiología humana Bajtín expresa que en tiempos de Rabelais el cuerpo grotesco era una celebración de la vida en su ciclo de nacimiento/muerte . En efecto, el cuerpo grotesco es una figura cómica profundamente ambivalente ya que posee un significado "pro-positivo", relacionado principalmente al nacimiento y la renovación, y un significado de "negación", relacionado a la decadencia y a la muerte que dejan lugar y tiempo. Explica, respecto al este concepto de Bajtín, el autor italiano satírico contemporáneo Daniele Luttazzi que «la sátira exhibe el cuerpo grotesco, dominado de las necesidades primarias (comer, beber, defecar, orinar, coitar), para celebrar la victoria de la vida: lo social y lo corporeo son unidos gozosamente en algo indivisible, universal y benéfico».
  • Il corpo grottesco è un concetto (precisamente un tropo letterario) ideato dal critico letterario russo Michail Bachtin nei suoi studi sull'opera di François Rabelais. Bachtin mostra che al tempo di Rabelais il corpo grottesco era una celebrazione della vita nel suo ciclo nascita/morte. Il corpo grottesco è infatti una figura comica profondamente ambivalente: ha sia un significato "pro-positivo", collegato essenzialmente alla nascita e al rinnovamento, ed un significato di "negazione", collegato al decadimento e alla morte che lasciano spazio al nuovo che nasce. Spiega l'autore satirico Daniele Luttazzi che «la satira esibisce il corpo grottesco, dominato dai bisogni primari (mangiare, bere, defecare, urinare, scopare), per celebrare la vittoria della vita: il sociale e il corporeo sono uniti gioiosamente in qualcosa di indivisibile, universale e benefico».
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  • The grotesque body is a concept, or literary trope, put forward by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais' work. Through the use of the grotesque body in his novels, Rabelais related political conflicts to human physiology. In this way, Rabelais used the concept as "a figure of unruly biological and social exchange".
  • El Cuerpo grotesco es un concepto ideado por el lingüística y crítico literario ruso Mijail Bajtin en sus estudios atinentes a los textos y relatos de la Edad Media y del Renacimiento, especialmente cuando analiza la obra del escritor francés François Rabelais. El concepto bajtiniano se considera practicamente un tropo literario: el cuerpo grotesco es definido como "una figura de intercambio desregulado biológico y social".
  • Il corpo grottesco è un concetto (precisamente un tropo letterario) ideato dal critico letterario russo Michail Bachtin nei suoi studi sull'opera di François Rabelais. Bachtin mostra che al tempo di Rabelais il corpo grottesco era una celebrazione della vita nel suo ciclo nascita/morte.
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  • Grotesque body
  • Cuerpo grotesco
  • Corpo grottesco
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