“Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo
Who is Pulcinella? What does his laughter have to say about the “end of time” and the end of life of Giandomenico Tiepolo? How can the end of a life make anyone laugh like Carnival’s popular mask does? This article tries to answer such questions. By unfolding the tools that come from the realm of Gi...
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| description | Who is Pulcinella? What does his laughter have to say about the “end of time” and the end of life of Giandomenico Tiepolo? How can the end of a life make anyone laugh like Carnival’s popular mask does? This article tries to answer such questions. By unfolding the tools that come from the realm of Giorgio Agamben’s philosophy – notably the notion of “recapitulation of time” in its relation to comedy – we will trace a path which links Michail Bachtin’s theories on the carnivalesque culture together with a recognition in the aesthetics of “character”. In this encounter, the consistency of Pulcinella-King Carnival’s form of life will appear in the light of an “escape route”: it winks at a kind of general and anonymous beatitude, which pairs with the experience of the destitution of time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a73e9e4c484441708f6bc0900b0803992022-12-22T00:56:58ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2020-12-019910.13128/lea-1824-484x-12437“Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempoMarta CassinaWho is Pulcinella? What does his laughter have to say about the “end of time” and the end of life of Giandomenico Tiepolo? How can the end of a life make anyone laugh like Carnival’s popular mask does? This article tries to answer such questions. By unfolding the tools that come from the realm of Giorgio Agamben’s philosophy – notably the notion of “recapitulation of time” in its relation to comedy – we will trace a path which links Michail Bachtin’s theories on the carnivalesque culture together with a recognition in the aesthetics of “character”. In this encounter, the consistency of Pulcinella-King Carnival’s form of life will appear in the light of an “escape route”: it winks at a kind of general and anonymous beatitude, which pairs with the experience of the destitution of time.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/12437Carnival, character, comedy, end of time, Pulcinella |
| spellingShingle | Marta Cassina “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo Lea Carnival, character, comedy, end of time, Pulcinella |
| title | “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| title_full | “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| title_fullStr | “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| title_short | “Ubi fracassorium, ibi fuggitorium”: Pulcinella e l’enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| title_sort | ubi fracassorium ibi fuggitorium pulcinella e l enigma della ricapitolazione del tempo |
| topic | Carnival, character, comedy, end of time, Pulcinella |
| url | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/12437 |
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