The Bodily Shape of the Esoteric Image in Mircea Eliade’s Theatre Cover Image

Corporalitatea imaginii ezoterice în teatrul lui Mircea Eliade
The Bodily Shape of the Esoteric Image in Mircea Eliade’s Theatre

Author(s): Lăcrămioara Berechet
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: esoteric image; theatre; Mircea Eliade; cultural system; Gnostic system.

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a theory on the esoteric image in Mircea Eliade’s theatre, referring to the sign-function of image as symbolical object connected, on the one hand, to a cultural system and, on the other, to a Gnostic system. We will also refer to the “bodily shape” of the Gnostic image and its effect regarding esthetic emotion.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 7-13
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian