Abuso de lo cómico en narraciones sobre la historia de América Latina: un análisis arqueo-genealógico sobre la obra el nuevo mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón de Lope de Vega

Abstract

This research examines the role of comedy in the representation of Indigenous otherness within colonial discourse, using the comedy *El Nuevo Mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón* (The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus) as an example. It begins with the observation that studies on the discursive construction of the so-called New World have privileged chronicles, epic narratives, and evangelizing texts, neglecting the study of comedy as a mechanism for meaning production. In response to this gap, the research argues that expressions of laughter, mockery, exaggeration, and ridicule are not merely dramatic resources for entertainment, but rather discursive forms capable of intervening in the symbolic configuration of cultural hierarchies. From this perspective, comedy becomes relevant as a representational practice that contributes to making cultural difference intelligible and to organizing specific images of Indigenous peoples. The selected work is particularly pertinent because it allows us to observe how certain comedic procedures participate in the construction of an Indigenous subject represented as different, observable, and open to interpretation within the colonial imaginary. Through a qualitative and interpretive approach based on an archaeogenealogical perspective of discourse, the study analyzes specific scenes with the purpose of understanding how comedy operates as a representational device and how it contributes to the production and legitimization of discursive forms linked to the colonial project