O riso como lembrança

Résumé

This article was written in honour of the memory of Professor Teiiti Suzuki. It begins by recalling conversations between Professor Suzuki and the author, particularly those concerning Bergson’s theories of the comic, then, after summarizing Le Rire, with emphasis on its contemporaneity, other more recents critics of parody and irony are considered: Jurij Tynianov and Paul de Man, respectively.