Realismo y visión del mundo en Gargantúa y Pantagrul y en Ulises

Abstract

This article approaches passages of Rabelais’ and Joyce’s work which thematize birth and death by means of humourous discourse. These texts operate in two diverse ways: Rabelais inaugurates the genre of the novel by making use of grotesque realist images (Bakhitn), while Joyce regenerates the genre by means of an experimentalist and novel use of interior monologue. The underlying visions of the world may be traced back to Hermes Trimegisto, whose philosophical doctrine clearly opposed Christian doctrine. Laughter becomes a shared procedure and proposes an original renewal of language.