Cecco Angiolieri is a comic writer, pointing out the absurdities of the dominant ideas of his age. This raises an important point: aside from being entertaining, do the outrageous statements in comedy (or humor) raise serious points? How? Is there value in doing so?
Can we understand comedy outside of its cultural context?
One facet of much comedy (including Angiolieri's) is insult. Is there a social function to insult? Does insult mean more than merely expressing a person's hostility?