Why is tragedy a higher form of art than comedy?

>>7388445
Is it?

You're the one who thinks it, you tell us.

>>7388445
What did they call the Greek who made the best jokes?
Aristo-funnies

>>7388445
Because it depicts reality and the dualistic human nature in an efficient way.

Comedy is just entertainment. With some exceptions of course

>>7388445
/lit/ - literature

>>7388525
>implying representing the dualistic human nature in an efficient way can't be funny as shit.

>>7388495
ok i laughed a little

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nah

>>7388445
Because of the chorus in greek tragedy made it possible for the writer to comment on his own play. This gives us a new level in the story with more possibilities of intellectual content.

>>7390000
>implying a tragedy can't be funny

>>7388445

Because it's usually funnier.

>>7388445
Why not both? A tragedy with comedy for contrast makes both have richer flavor.

ITT people misunderstand the basic definition of comedy

>>7390082
A tragedy and a comedy have different structures.
A tragedy can be funny and a comedy can have tragic events, but the way the story progresses and ends determines whether it is a tragedy or a comedy.

>>7388445

I think negative views in general are more authentic because the natural state of the universe is death, which everything moves towards.

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>>7390154
ayy lmao

>>7388445
It isn't. Comedy is just another form of absurdity.

Hegel and Zizek saw the other way around:

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/17/zizek.php