This dissertation investigates the interaction between the comic and the sacred in ancient Egyptian literature and visual art. The scope spans nearly all pharaonic history, with emphasis on the New Kingdom and the Ramesside period (Dynasties XIX–XX). The Introduction outlines method, subject, and objectives of the research. Ch. 1 defines the comic, surveys humor in the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Israel), sketches Egyptian evidence, and reviews ancient techniques and modern scholarship. Ch. 2 examines the sacred (Egypt. ḏsr) via Egyptian texts and the history of religions, sets comic and sacred in dialogue through R. Jakobson’s “incantation through laughter” and M. Bakhtin’s carnival theory, and proposes “comic doubles” as a vehicle of pious laughter. Ch. 3 presents case studies: tomb and temple scenes; figurative ostraca and papyri; comic tales about the gods (pTurin 1993, pChester Beatty I); and varia. The Conclusion considers whether Egyptians distinguished sacred from everyday laughter and restates the advanced hypotheses.
La tesi indaga l’interazione tra comico e sacro nella letteratura e nell’arte visiva dell’antico Egitto. L’arco cronologico copre quasi tutta la storia faraonica, con enfasi sul Nuovo Regno e sull’epoca ramesside (dinastie XIX–XX). L’Introduzione espone metodo, oggetto e obiettivi della ricerca. Il Cap. 1 definisce il comico, passa in rassegna l’umorismo nel Vicino Oriente antico (Mesopotamia, Grecia, Roma, Israele), delinea le evidenze egiziane e rivede tecniche antiche e studi moderni. Il Cap. 2 esamina il sacro (egiz. ḏsr) nei testi egizi e nella storia delle religioni, mette a confronto comico e sacro tramite l’“incantesimo col ridere” (R. Jakobson) e la teoria del carnevale (M. Bachtin), e propone i “doppi comici” come veicolo di riso pio. Il Cap. 3 presenta casi di studio: scene tombali e templari; ostraka e papiri figurati; racconti comici sugli dèi (pTurin 1993, pChester Beatty I); e varia. La Conclusione valuta se gli Egizi distinguessero tra riso sacro e quotidiano e riprende le ipotesi avanzate.
The Comic and the Sacred: Laughter and Religion in Ancient Egypt
MURASHKO, ANDREI
2026
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This dissertation investigates the interaction between the comic and the sacred in ancient Egyptian literature and visual art. The scope spans nearly all pharaonic history, with emphasis on the New Kingdom and the Ramesside period (Dynasties XIX–XX). The Introduction outlines method, subject, and objectives of the research. Ch. 1 defines the comic, surveys humor in the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Israel), sketches Egyptian evidence, and reviews ancient techniques and modern scholarship. Ch. 2 examines the sacred (Egypt. ḏsr) via Egyptian texts and the history of religions, sets comic and sacred in dialogue through R. Jakobson’s “incantation through laughter” and M. Bakhtin’s carnival theory, and proposes “comic doubles” as a vehicle of pious laughter. Ch. 3 presents case studies: tomb and temple scenes; figurative ostraca and papyri; comic tales about the gods (pTurin 1993, pChester Beatty I); and varia. The Conclusion considers whether Egyptians distinguished sacred from everyday laughter and restates the advanced hypotheses.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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