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Laughter and Freedom: The theory and practice of humour in Kazantzakis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Vincent, Alfred |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | In 1914 Kazantzak s publ shed h s translat on of Le rire (Laughter), by the ph losopher Henr Bergson, whose lectures he had attended n Par s. Le rire s clearly, though nformally, ntegrated nto Bergson’s ph losophy as a whole, wh ch profoundly nfluenced Kazantzak s. Bergson proposes that laughter can be nterpreted as soc ety’s way of punsh ng the type of behav our wh ch he descr bes as “automat sm”. Th s occurs when humans react to c rcumstances or events n an “unth nk ng”, nflex ble way. In so do ng they fa l to ut l se the mental powers wh ch d st ngu sh our spec es, and wh ch allow us to ach eve a un que degree of freedom and creat v ty. Many of the amus ng tra ts of characters n Kazantzak s’ novels can be nterpreted accord ng to Bergson’s theory. At the same t me, Kazantzak s seems to cont nue a trad t on of popular humour, n wh ch w sdom may be found n the say ngs or act ons of an apparently fool sh or naïve person. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2328/8096/385-394_Vincent.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
