Pourquoi les morts sont-ils si extravagants?

“Why the dead are so extravagant?” In the Dialogue genre, “dialogue of the dead” is a minor sub- genre, often originating in the anonymous and clandestine literature, is indeed, an extravagant avatar, full of oddities and paradoxes. From this typology there emerges a world upside down, often perceived as a Carnival; in any case, specific to a literature, defying classification and thriving on unexpected topics. The analysis of some of these literary “descent to the dead” texts will highlight the richness, depth, thematic and stylistic originality of this sub-genre produced from at least two millennia ago that still lives through the extravagance of all its magnitude