Protean laughter, humour and pessimisms
Keywords:
Laughter, humour, comic, irony, pessimism, Bahnsen, Cioran.
Abstract
The channels of humour and what’s comical flow into laughter. To delve into its protean nature means a challenge that the aesthetic reflection has only been able to develop from a variety of viewpoints. In this paper, from the main lessons taken from the theories that have gone deeper into laughter, humour and the comic, we will create a portrait of its polyhedral and multifunctional reality. Laughter can get us closer or away of the rest, encourage or loosen our critical sense; it can be subversive or contribute to conformism; and also its comforting potentiality make it a relief against existential disenchantment.Downloads
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Published
2018-12-11
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Marín J. M. (2018). Protean laughter, humour and pessimisms. Escritura e Imagen, 14, 233-245. https://doi.org/10.5209/ESIM.62774
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