Humorism, the Culture of Laughter

Aesthetic categories are usually imprecise, but much more so are those revolving around the concept of laughter or humor. This imprecision has several causes: The first is the failure to consider types of communication previous to that of oral language. The second is to impose a unique — joyful and...

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Autor: Beltrán Almería, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:laughter
humor
grotesque
traditional symbolism
Mikhail Bakhtin
Wolfgang Kayser
risa
el grotesco
simbolismo tradicional
Mijaíl Bajtín
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spelling Humorism, the Culture of LaughterHumorismo, la cultura de la risaBeltrán Almería, Luislaughterhumorgrotesquetraditional symbolismMikhail BakhtinWolfgang Kayserrisahumorel grotescosimbolismo tradicionalMijaíl BajtínWolfgang Kayser Aesthetic categories are usually imprecise, but much more so are those revolving around the concept of laughter or humor. This imprecision has several causes: The first is the failure to consider types of communication previous to that of oral language. The second is to impose a unique — joyful and liberating — meaning on humorous phenomena. And a third error is to suppose that laughter is an exception in a context of seriousness. Seriousness would be natural and laughter exceptional. These problems entail the need for a unitary and primordial categorization, which accounts for the great evolution of cultural phenomena and the split between popular culture and wise culture. From the concept of grotesque, this article addresses the scope of the phenomena of laughter in the context of the great cultural evolution of humanity. Las categorías estéticas suelen ser imprecisas, pero mucho más lo son las que giran en torno al concepto de risa o humor. Esa imprecisión tiene varias causas: la primera es la no consideración de formas de comunicación previas al lenguaje oral articulado. La segunda causa es imponer a los fenómenos humorísticos un sentido único: alegre y liberador. Y un tercer error viene a suponer la risa como una excepción en un contexto de seriedad. La seriedad sería lo natural y la risa lo excepcional. Estos problemas conllevan la necesidad de una categorización unitaria y primordial, que dé cuenta de la gran evolución de los fenómenos culturales y de la escisión entre la cultura popular y la cultura sabia. A partir del concepto de grotesco, este artículo se refiere al alcance de los fenómenos de la risa en el contexto de la gran evolución cultural de la humanidad. Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje2020-07-06info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/epub+ziphttps://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/1413610.15359/rl.2-68.1LETRAS; No. 68 (2020): Letras. July - December; 15-36LETRAS; Núm. 68 (2020): Letras. Julio - Diciembre; 15-362215-40941409-424Xreponame:Portal de Revistas UNAinstname:Universidad Nacional de Costa Ricainstacron:UNAspahttps://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/14136/19686https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/14136/20058https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/14136/19915Derechos de autor 2020 LETRASacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-08-04T18:37:07Zoai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/14136Portal de revistashttp://revistas.una.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.una.ac.crhttps://revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaiandrea.mora.campos@una.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2023-08-04T18:37:07Portal de Revistas UNA - Universidad Nacional de Costa Ricafalse
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Humorismo, la cultura de la risa
title Humorism, the Culture of Laughter
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Beltrán Almería, Luis
laughter
humor
grotesque
traditional symbolism
Mikhail Bakhtin
Wolfgang Kayser
risa
humor
el grotesco
simbolismo tradicional
Mijaíl Bajtín
Wolfgang Kayser
title_short Humorism, the Culture of Laughter
title_full Humorism, the Culture of Laughter
title_fullStr Humorism, the Culture of Laughter
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humor
grotesque
traditional symbolism
Mikhail Bakhtin
Wolfgang Kayser
risa
humor
el grotesco
simbolismo tradicional
Mijaíl Bajtín
Wolfgang Kayser
topic laughter
humor
grotesque
traditional symbolism
Mikhail Bakhtin
Wolfgang Kayser
risa
humor
el grotesco
simbolismo tradicional
Mijaíl Bajtín
Wolfgang Kayser
description Aesthetic categories are usually imprecise, but much more so are those revolving around the concept of laughter or humor. This imprecision has several causes: The first is the failure to consider types of communication previous to that of oral language. The second is to impose a unique — joyful and liberating — meaning on humorous phenomena. And a third error is to suppose that laughter is an exception in a context of seriousness. Seriousness would be natural and laughter exceptional. These problems entail the need for a unitary and primordial categorization, which accounts for the great evolution of cultural phenomena and the split between popular culture and wise culture. From the concept of grotesque, this article addresses the scope of the phenomena of laughter in the context of the great cultural evolution of humanity.
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