Muertos de risade lo trágico y lo cómico en la China antigua
- Mamolar Sánchez, Idoia (coord.)
Editorial: Liceus, Servicios de Gestión y Comunicación
ISBN: 978-84-9714-044-7
Año de publicación: 2014
Páginas: 201-222
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
My paper consists on the analysis of two anecdotes from early Chinese literature concerning laughter which are, however, intimately linked to the most tragic dimension of life: death. Inboth cases, and considering the context in which these anecdotes take place, laughter is clearly inappropriate since it occurs in situations dominated by seriousness and circumspection. In my paper I shall try to offer a complete reading on the meaning of this odd laughter, transiting from the death of laughter into the laughter of dead.