Gargantua

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Gargantua is a satirical Renaissance novel by François Rabelais that follows the absurd, larger-than-life adventures and education of the giant Gargantua.

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instanceOf Renaissance literature
literary work
satirical novel
alternativePublicationDate 1535
author François Rabelais NERFINISHED
centralTheme anti-war sentiment
critique of monastic life
critique of scholasticism
education
humanism
religious satire
countryOfOrigin France
featuresInstitution Abbey of Thélème NERFINISHED
follows Pantagruel NERFINISHED
genre comic novel
humanist literature
satire
hasAdaptation comic and illustrated editions
theatrical adaptations
hasSequel Le Tiers Livre NERFINISHED
hasSubject giants in literature
influenced French comic tradition
later European satire
influencedBy Erasmian humanism
languageRegister mix of learned and popular speech
literaryPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Gargantua (character) NERFINISHED
mottoOfFeaturedInstitution Fais ce que voudras
narrativeFocus education of a giant
parody of chivalric romances
notableCharacter Frère Jean des Entommeures NERFINISHED
Gargamelle NERFINISHED
Grandgousier NERFINISHED
Gymnaste NERFINISHED
Ponocrates NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel NERFINISHED
partOfSeries La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1534
settingPeriod fictionalized Middle Ages
styleCharacteristic coarse and bawdy comedy
grotesque humor
linguistic inventiveness
use of lists and catalogues
targetOfSatire corrupt monks
medieval scholastic education
religious hypocrisy

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François Rabelais notableWork Gargantua