A Função Do Riso Na Obra De Samuel Beckett: Uma Análise Do Cômico Em Molloy

Abstract

Present in all the works of Samuel Beckett, the comic becomes increasingly radical every stage of his narrative. Starting from the parodic procedures in the texts of the 30s, the comic erodes the structures of the genre in the novels of the 50s and finally reaches language itself around the 70s. This article establishes a relationship between the Henri Bergson's theory of laughter and the novel Molloy (1951). From this study, we can see how Bergson's ideas about the rigidity (of body, of character, of language) help explain the metanarrative effects of the comic on this second phase.