JoLIE 2:2/2009
O RISO DE DEUS E O RISO DO HOMEM
NA FICÇÃO DE G. T. DIDIAL
Ana Salgueiro Rodrigues
University of Madeira, Portugal
Abstract
When Umberto Eco, in his novel The Name of the Rose, sets out the discussion on laugther through the dialogue between Jorge and Guillermo, he represents an endless, ontological debate which has been developed since old times, both by Church Scholars and other thinkers: theologists, anthropologists, philosophers and also literary scholars.
The main questions are: would be laugther a human (and only human) property or would it be also extensive to God? Could ambiguity of laugther be compatible to the Divine perfection or is the deforming effect of laugther more suitable to Devil’s attributes? Would be laugther a foolish and frivoulous perversion or would it be an example of wise and superior rationality? Could it be a constructive language between Man and God(s) or would it be the irruption of laugther (in Man or in God) a traumatic incident which will condemn this complex relationship to crisis? Could we consider laugther as an exilic language?
These are but some of the issues developed by the Cape Verdean author G.T. Didial. His ontological fiction is characterized by a subversive nature. Laugther (by God, Man and Devil) is also there. Sometimes exhibiting a clamorous laugther, others presenting a more selfcontained and silent laugther, Didial’s fiction (Contos de Macaronésia and O Estado Impenitente da Fragilidade) never looks for a humoristic effect. Quite on the contrary, it looks for the anxiety of grotesque.
Key words: Laugther; Cape Verdian Literature; God and Man; Exilic language; G.T. Didial.
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How to cite this article: Rodrigues, A.S. (2009). O Riso de Deus e o Riso do Homem na Ficção de G. T. Didial. Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education – JoLIE, 2(2), 255-265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29302/jolie.2009.2.2.25
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