De los deseos de Peralta al deseo inconsciente: lo cómico y el chiste en un cuento de Tomás Carrasquilla

Juan Ricardo Gallo

doi:10.17533/udea.affs.6321

From Peralta's desire to unconscious desire: the comic and the joke in a story by Tomás Carrasquilla

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Juan Ricardo Gallo University of Antioquia

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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.6321

Keywords:

comic, joke, psychoanalysis, truth, Tomás Carrasquilla

Abstract

Literature and, in this case, an “Antioquenian popular short story” tackle the elusiveness of truth from a comic perspective. The short story titled En la Diestra de Dios Padre (To the Right Handof Father God) is well known for being a funny story. Its very author defined it as a complex short story with deep theological and religious features. Its comic references reveal a deeper and more fundamental truth about human life. The paradox is that the comic is a semi-tell that saves the effort of intellection by laughing, but keeping the sense, not only of the content, but especially also the effort saved. This is, in other words, a brief technique to express a repressed truth.

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Author Biography

Juan Ricardo Gallo, University of Antioquia

Psychologist. Master in Social Sciences with an emphasis on Psychoanalysis, culture and social bond. Professor of the Department of Psychoanalysis, University of Antioquia (Colombia).

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Published

2010-07-28

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Gallo, J. R. (2010). From Peralta’s desire to unconscious desire: the comic and the joke in a story by Tomás Carrasquilla. Affectio Societatis, 7(12), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.6321

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Vol. 7 No. 12 (2010): Revista Affectio Societatis

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