L’UMORISMO E LA COMICITᾸ NEL TEATRO DI LUIGI PIRANDELLO, CASO DI: “I SEI PERSONAGGI IN CERCA D’AUTORE” e “ENRICO IV”
HUMOR AND COMEDY IN THE THEATER OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO, CASE OF: "THE SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH D'AUTORE” and “HENRY IV”

Summary/Abstract: In Pirandello’s world reality does not exist, the life we live is a theatrical staging, everyone wears a mask and plays a part that does not belong to them, the self does not exist, each is locked up in a shell like a prison and cannot communicate with the others. Illusoriness and absurdity of reality, dissolution of the ego, loneliness and incommunicability, and humour are the dominant themes of Pirandello’s work. Pirandello defines the “warning of the contrary” as “comic”: warning of the dissonance between the substance of life and the forms, it provokes laughter. But if we manage to move from the warning of the opposite to the “feeling of the opposite”, that is, if we manage to reflect beyond appearances to look into the interiority of the person, which produces the humorous situation, then laughter turns into pity. In this article, I will try to reveal the sense and meaning of humour and comedy in the plays of Luigi Pirandello and I will analyze what it is for the author, examining thedifferent aspects and, trying to understand the deepest meanings and reveal the mysteries of comedy and humour.The questions that arise immediately are the following: What is the meaning of humour and comedy in Luigi Pirandello’s plays? Why did Pirandello choose humour and comedy as a language and theatrical tool? What do humour and laughter represent for Pirandello? Are humour and comedy only used to make people laugh or are they a reflection? What does Pirandello mean by humour? What is the difference with comedy? I try to answer these questions.

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