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Pan`tag´ru`el`ism
Pantagruelism the habit of dealing with serious matters in a spirit of good and sometimes cynical good humor. [Allusion to Rabelais’ satirical novels Gargantua (1534) and Pantagruel (1532), especially to the behavior of Pantagruel, Gargantua’s huge son.] — Pantagruelian, adj. See also: HumorWant to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Among other claims, Geonget proposes that Pantagruelism is more Christian than Stoic (disagreeing with Screech), and based on epikeia (equity); that the name Bacbuc in the Fifth Book includes the syllable buc, which means perplexity in Hebrew, and should be related to the witch Baboue; that agilles is a key word for Evangelicals and for Rabelais; and that we are intended to see the Abbey of Thelema as the Heavenly Jerusalem, and in a sense as the center of the world. These criticisms notwithstanding, Desrosiers-Bonin does have some very illuminating things to say about the "doctrine" of Pantagruelism and about the organization of the novel as a whole - topics that make her book well worth reading. Evangelism, humanism, Pantagruelism, and Rabelaisianism as terms and concepts have all played their part in our appreciation of Rabelais. |
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