Laughter and suffering in Violeta Parra's décimas

Authors

  • Susana Münnich Universidad de Chile (Chile)

Abstract

In this essay I take a look at suffering and laughter in Violeta Parra 's Décimas. Both emotions go hand-in-hand in popular Chilean humour. I maintain that Chileans express suffering by and large through laughter. I compare Parra's popular humour with carnivalesque laughter as conceived in Mikhail Bakhtin's book on Rabelais and attempt to establish similarities and differences between them.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

Münnich, S. (2022). Laughter and suffering in Violeta Parra’s décimas. Anales De Literatura Chilena, (5), 111–133. Retrieved from https://revistadisena.uc.cl/index.php/alch/article/view/55325

Issue

Section

ARTICULOS