Barkwanci
Bangaren barkwanci wani salo ne na tatsuniyoyi da suka kunshi jawabai ko ayyuka da aka yi niyya don ban dariya ko ban sha'awa ta hanyar haifar da raha musamman a fagen wasan kwaikwayo, fim, wasan barkwanci, talabijin, rediyo, littattafai,ko duk wata hanyar nishadantarwa. Kalmar ta samo asali ne a tsohuwar Girka: a dimokuradiyyar Athens, ra'ayin jama'a na masu jefa kuri'a ya rinjayi ra'ayin jama'a ta hanyar siyasa da mawakan barkwanci suka yi a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo.  Za a iya kwatanta nau'in wasan kwaikwayo na wasan barkwanci na Girka a matsayin wasan kwaikwayo mai ban mamaki wanda ya haɗu da ƙungiyoyi biyu, shekaru, jinsi, ko al'ummomi a cikin wani yanayi mai ban sha'awa ko kuma rikici. Northrop Frye ya kwatanta wadannan bangarorin biyu masu adawa da juna a matsayin "Ƙungiyar Matasa" da "Ƙungiyar tsofi".  Ra'ayi da aka sake dubawa yana nuna mahimmancin tashin hankali na wasan barkwanci a matsayin gwagwarmaya tsakanin matasa marasa ƙarfi da kuma taron al'umma da ke haifar da cikas ga. A wannan fafutuka, sai matasa suka takura saboda rashin ikon zamantakewa, kuma a bar shi da wani zabi face ya yi amfani da dabaru wadanda ke haifar da ban mamaki, wanda ke haifar da dariya.

Satire da ƴaƴan siyasa suna amfani da wasan barkwanci don nuna mutane ko cibiyoyin zamantakewa a matsayin abin dariya ko ɓarna, don haka suna nisantar da masu sauraronsu daga abin da suke barkwanci. Paroedny subverts shahararrun nau'ikan  da siffofin, zargi waɗancan nau'ikan ba lallai ba ne ayi Allah wadai da su.

Sauran nau'o'in wasan kwaikwayo sun haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na screwball, wanda ke samun jin daɗinsa mafi yawa daga yanayi masu ban mamaki, abubuwan ban mamaki (kuma ba za a iya yiwuwa ba) ko haruffa, da kuma baki barkwanci, wanda ke da nau'i na ban dariya wanda ya haɗa da abubuwa masu duhu na halin ɗan adam ko yanayin ɗan adam. Hakazalika abin ban dariya, jin daɗin jima'i, da jin daɗin tsere suna haifar da wasan ban dariya ta hanyar keta al'adun zamantakewa ko abubuwan ban dariya a cikin hanyoyin ban dariya, waɗanda galibi ana ɗaukar su azaman abin ban tsoro ta batutuwan da aka faɗi. Wasan barkwanci na ɗabi'a yakan ɗauki matsayinsa wani ɓangare na al'umma (yawanci al'umma mafi girma) kuma yana amfani da barkwanci don yin ɓarna ko lalata ɗabi'a da ɗabi'un membobinta. Wasan barkwanci na soyayya wani mashahurin salo ne wanda ke nuna soyayya mai tada hankali cikin ban dariya kuma yana mai da hankali kan abubuwan da suka faru na soyayya.

Asalin kalma 

Dean Rubin ya ce kalmar "comedy" ta samo asali ne daga Girkanci na gargajiya κωμῳδία kōmōidía, wanda shine fili na κῶμος kômos (revel) da ᾠδή ōidḗ (waƙa; ode).  Siffar "comic" (Girkanci κωμικός kōmikós), wanda ke nufin ainihin abin da ke da alaƙa da wasan barkwanci, a cikin amfani da zamani, gabaɗaya ya keɓe ga ma'anar "dariya".  Daga cikin wannan, kalmar ta zo cikin amfani da zamani ta hanyar Latin comoedia da Italiyanci commedia kuma, a kan lokaci, ta wuce ta hanyoyi daban-daban na ma'ana. 

Girkawa da Romawa sun taƙaita amfani da kalmar "barkwanci" zuwa kwatancin wasan kwaikwayo tare da kyakkyawan ƙarewa. Aristotle ya ayyana wasan barkwanci a matsayin kwaikwayon mazaje mafi muni fiye da matsakaici (inda tragedy ya kasance kwaikwayon maza fiye da matsakaici). Duk da haka, haruffan da aka zayyana a cikin wasan kwaikwayo ba su kasance mafi muni fiye da matsakaici ta kowace hanya ba, sai dai idan sun kasance masu Ridiculous, wanda shine nau'i na Mummuna. Ana iya bayyana abin ba'a a matsayin kuskure ko nakasar da ba ta haifar da ciwo ko cutarwa ga wasu ba; abin rufe fuska, alal misali, abin da ke motsa dariya wani abu ne mai banƙyama da kuma gurɓatacce ba tare da haifar da ciwo ba.  A middle ages, kalmar ta faɗaɗa don haɗawa da waƙoƙin ba da labari tare da ƙarshen farin ciki. A cikin wannan ma'anar ne Dante yayi amfani da kalmar a cikin taken waƙarsa, La Commedia.

Yayin da lokaci ya ci gaba, kalmar ta zo da yawa don haɗawa da kowane nau'i na wasan kwaikwayon da aka yi nufin haifar da dariya.  A lokacin tsakiyar zamanai, kalmar "comedy" ta zama daidai da satire, kuma daga baya tare da ban dariya a gaba ɗaya.

An fassara <i id="mwWQ">wakokin Aristotle</i> zuwa harshen larabci a duniyar Islama ta tsakiya, inda marubutan Larabci da malaman falsafar Musulunci irin su Abu Bishr da almajiransa Al-Farabi, Avicenna da Averroes suka yi karin haske a kansa. Sun rabu da wasan barkwanci daga wakilcin ban mamaki na Girka, maimakon haka sun danganta shi da jigogi da nau'ikan waƙoƙin Larabci, kamar hija (waƙar satirical). Sun kalli wasan barkwanci a matsayin “fasaha na zargi” kawai, kuma ba su yi nuni ga haske da abubuwan farin ciki ba, ko farkon tashin hankali da ƙarshen farin ciki da ke da alaƙa da wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya na Girka.

Bayan fassarorin Latin na karni na 12, kalmar "barkwanci" ta sami ƙarin ma'ana gabaɗaya a cikin adabi na tsakiya. 

A ƙarshen karni na 20, masana da yawa sun gwammace su yi amfani da kalmar dariya don nufin gabaɗayan gamut na wasan barkwanci, don guje wa amfani da ma'anar ma'anoni masu ma'ana da matsala kamar su grotesque, irony, da satire.

Manazarta 

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