MEDZI IZOLOVANÝM A FENOMENALIZUJÚCIM SUBJEKTOM: MELANCHÓLIA AKO ESTETICKÁ KVALITA V (SPIRITUÁLNEJ) POÉZII ERIKA JAKUBA GROCHA

• Authors: Juhásová Jana

Title variants

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Between an isolated and phenomenalising subject: Melancholy as an aesthetic quality in the (spiritual) poetry by Erik Jakub Groch

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Clashing tendencies of despair, sadness and spiritual yearning can be observed in the work of the leading Slovak spiritual poet Erik Jakub Groch. The disturbing preponderance of the strained motives in the author´s recent collections leads to reflections on the nature of religious melancholy and its possible integration within the spiritual path and personal growth. The author of the study attempts to give more engaged solutions through the analysis of his viewpoint, since visualisation plays an essential role in the synthetic consciousness of this Slovak poet. In her search for answers, she relies mainly on Soren Kierkegaard´s reflection on despair, the concept of the dark night of St. John of the Cross, and the reversible visuals of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Keywords

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RELIGIOUS MELANCHOLY; GROCH ERIK JAKUB; ANTHROPOLOGY; VISUALITY; SLOVAK POET

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 40 – 53

Contributors

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Juhásová Jana

• Filozofická fakulta, Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Hrabovská cesta 1, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovak Republic