THE TRAGIC, SUFFERING, AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRAGIC SUBLIME: FROM ANTIQUITY TO LUCIAN BLAGA’S PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM
THE TRAGIC, SUFFERING, AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRAGIC SUBLIME: FROM ANTIQUITY TO LUCIAN BLAGA’S PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM
Author(s): Alina Rusu (Enache)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Poetry, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Romanian Literature, Russian Literature, Cultural Essay, Philology, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: the tragic; suffering; sublime; destiny; Dostoevsky; Lucian Blaga; mystery; metaphysics;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the concepts of the tragic, suffering, perspective, and the sublime of the tragic from Antiquity to Lucian Blaga’s philosophical system. The study argues that the tragic evolves from the ancient experience of fate and necessity toward a modern and metaphysical understanding centered on consciousness, limit, and mystery. By drawing on Greek tragedy, major theories of the sublime, Dostoevsky’s poetics of suffering, and Blaga’s philosophy of mystery and luciferic knowledge, the article shows that suffering becomes not only an existential ordeal but also a privileged mode of revealing the human condition. In Blaga’s thought, the tragic attains a distinctive metaphysical depth: it expresses the tension between the human aspiration toward revelation and the transcendental censorship that preserves the irreducibility of mystery.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 45
- Page Range: 327-339
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
