![]() ![]() Rather, the grotesque proposes an alternate way of becoming, one in which the communal spirit of carnival and folk culture contribute to evoke uncorrupted humor. In contrast, through a study of Rabelais’ aesthetics, Bakhtin theorizes the redemptive feature of the grotesque, which is not merely an expression of an aberrant worldview. The very purpose of the study is to showcase the positive aspects of the art of the grotesque that has hitherto been treated as an aberration from the norm and as an expression of gross materiality. ![]() Mikhail Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World (1968) traces the history of the grotesque in European culture and literature with particular focus on Rabelais’ writing. ![]()
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