One can see many poems in the five books of Francois Rabelais. These pieces in verse are sometimes inspired by the "Grands Rhetoriqueurs", or by poets of the like of Clement Marot or Mellin de Saint-Gelais, contemporary to the author. Rabelais reverses and parodies the forms he imitates; likewise these very codified poetic forms are often particularly well-suited to parody. In this case, analyzing the co-text proves to be essential when judging parodies that are often ambiguous and more ludic than they are satirical. Moreover, the poetry encases itself into the work, which in turn follows models of comedy and parody: the comic-epic and the Menippean satire. / Far from being a whim on the part of the author, or a mere nod in the direction of his friends who were poets, Rabelaisian poetry surprises the reader by its variety, which provides a fascinating portrait of the vitality of the poetical debates of the period.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.79970 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Pemeja, Paul |
| Contributors | Desrosiers-Bonin, Diane (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Département de langue et littérature françaises.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002101829, proquestno: AAIMQ98470, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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