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The Redemption of Tragedy
Katherine T. Brueck
其他書名
The Literary Vision of Simone Weil
出版SUNY Press, 1995-01-01
主題Literary Criticism / GeneralPhilosophy / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN079142281X9780791422816
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NjJZ2Lr7mIsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Simone Weil's supernaturalist interpretations of tragedy challenge not only the philosophical skepticism but also the religious rationalism characteristic of the modern age.

This book boldly points out a supernaturalist alternative to contemporary, post-structuralist literary theory. This study of classical tragic drama offers a sacralizing impetus to secular discussions of literature. The book's Platonic premises and its grounding in the transcendental outlook of the religious traditions furnish a sacred illumination. Religious mystery and the cross of Christ both overshadow and deepen philosophical approaches to literary criticism, including theories of tragedy.

Simone Weil's conception of tragic art, rooted in a mystical Christian metaphysics, offers original insight into the nature of tragedy. In contradiction of the prevailing secular outlook, Weil regards classical tragedy as a sacred art form. Tragic masterpieces evoke not the chaotic or irrational, as modernist interpreters hold, but rather a good which is absolute