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Vol. 55 No. 2 (2023)
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Nullum enim animal ridet nisi solus homo. Brief Notes on Laughter, from the Classical Period to the 17th Century

  • Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
University of California, Santa Barbara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19130/medievalia.55.2/0037X01WS2731171S0XW33

Published 2024-06-27

Keywords

  • Laughter,
  • ridiculum,
  • criticis,
  • escape
  • Risa,
  • ridiculum,
  • crítica,
  • escape

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Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio. 2024. “Nullum Enim Animal Ridet Nisi Solus Homo. Brief Notes on Laughter, from the Classical Period to the 17th Century”. Medievalia 55 (2):69-83. https://doi.org/10.19130/medievalia.55.2/0037X01WS2731171S0XW33.

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Abstract

Laughter and the ridiculous have been discursive and gnoseological categories in the western world. Lthe concepts of laughter as escape and as criticism / protest will allow us to draw an overview of the the use of risibilem in medieval and early modern letters.

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