Legend of giants under carnival theory

"The origin of carnival is carnival itself." Carnival theory comes from carnival. At the carnival, banter is dominant, and it is festive and joyful. At the carnival, all words become relative, and everything can be the object of parody. Parody and parody are intertwined, forming a phenomenon of multilingual coexistence; Carnival is national. In the carnival, there is no audience, and everyone is an actor. Bakhtin theorized carnival. It mainly attaches importance to folk humor culture and regards carnival literature as an important part of literature that cannot be ignored. It advocates equal treatment of all literary genres, languages and styles, and denies the authority of all forms of literary creation. Seek the integration of various complex literary factors and pay attention to the openness of literary content and form. Subvert rational thinking structure with carnival thinking mode, and attach importance to the analysis of language environment and discourse communication. Treat people and the world with an open attitude and refuse to regard them as finished.

Rabelais's Biography of the Giant is a masterpiece under the color of carnival. First of all, its structure has a strong carnival color. Carnival advocates equal treatment of all literary genres, languages and styles. The absurd plot and style in The Legend of the Giants are in line with this view. For example, Kagandoya was born in his mother's ear, and he drowned people with his own urine. Ebesmond's head was cut off but magically cured. The absurd style and bizarre plot constitute the Legend of the Giant, which is full of carnival spirit. The same is true in language, with some vulgar and exaggerated language. For example, farting, peeing and some exaggerated words about giants are full of carnival flavor. Carnival also pays attention to the diversity of literary forms and contents. The legend of giants is an unprecedented breakthrough in content. It describes some bizarre phenomena that do not exist in reality and deeply attracts people's attention. Different from fairy tales, it only describes the bold imagination that people usually can't express and the real thoughts that people dare not put on the table. The real idea is to pursue wine and meat, to eat and drink, and to pursue worldly pleasures. This is especially reflected in the description of eating, drinking, wine and meat in Biography of the Giant. When a giant is a child, he can eat a cow and drink the milk of 2000 cows. How satisfied he is! He can eat as much as he wants, which promotes the hedonism of life and is the printing and dyeing of carnival. It can be said that the legend of the giant is a highlight under the carnival theory.