The Comic in Brazilian Culture -- Humor, Laughter and Play --

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370342
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: TAKEDA Chika 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (20345317)
• Research Collaborator: EGUCHI Yoshiko 常葉大学, 外国語学部・グローバルコミュニケーション学科, 講師 ; WATANABE Kazufumi 東京学芸大学, 非常勤講師 ; HANADA Katsuaki 東京外国語大学, 博士後期課程 ; MIYAIRI Ryo 東京外国語大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ブラジル文化 / ブラジル文学 / 笑い / ユーモア / ラテンアメリカ / ポルトガル語圏文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Numerous jokes and comedic sayings in Brazilian culture and literature involve a play on a gap between "order" (propriety; the norms, standards and systems introduced from Europe) and "dis-order" (acts and situations that deviate from said propriety). 19th century playwrights--including Martins Pena, Francisco Correa Vasques, and Artur Arzevedo--played an important role in the formation of this comedic form. Brazilian cultural phenomena also show such interplay between "order" and "dis-order"; largely relevant here are, for example, the enjoyment and playful spirit of samba and Capoeira. This interplay can also be seen in "jeitinho," said to express the behavioral style of Brazilians, and "malicia" (cunning, deceit) in Brazilian soccer.

Free Research Field

ブラジルの文学・文化