by François Rabelais · Hachette Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782017166870
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«Gargantua» is the satirical novel by François Rabelais, published by Hachette Education in paperback (320 pages, in French).
The work narrates the adventures of the giant Gargantua, a character who embodies the humanist ideal of the 16th century through strength, intelligence and humour. It is a satire that mixes laughter and knowledge, and that champions the body and the French language in a burlesque tone.
BiblioLycée collection, for the BAC of 1re générale et technologique. Complete text translated into modern French by Maurice Rat, with the pathways «Rire et savoir» and «La bonne éducation».
Intended for French students preparing for the BAC and for readers seeking a didactic edition of Rabelais.
François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters.
