Measuring human in classical literature (А. Дантэ, E. В. Гётэ, Я. Колас, М. Багдановіч, М. Танк and others.) Cover Image

Вымярэнні чалавечага ў класічнай літаратуры (А. Дантэ, E. В. Гётэ, Я. Колас, М. Багдановіч, М. Танк і інш.)
Measuring human in classical literature (А. Дантэ, E. В. Гётэ, Я. Колас, М. Багдановіч, М. Танк and others.)

Author(s): Galina Adamovich
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: classical literature; immemorial question; existential problems; spirituality; beauty; ideal;

Summary/Abstract: Measurement of “being human” in the classical literature is carried out between two options to be human “fashioned in the image and likeness of God” or not to be human (antihero). “To ot chyego rastiot dusha chyelovyeka” (M. Bogdanovich) helps to fulfill the potential possibility to be human. The article discusses the ways of man’s spiritual development applying the example of the characters of classic literature whose achievements either bring them closer to God, or make them walk away. The soul develops from the moment of birth, in everyday chore, in creation, and, first and foremost, in love. The mission of classic literature consists in giving people, generations and nations the knowledge how to realize ideas about man and love, how to admire man and the world, “to ot chyego rastiot dusha chyelovyeka” and what he can take to eternity.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 101-118
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Belarusian