Rocznik Komparatystyczny
Fear in Greek and Sanskrit Drama
DOI: 10.18276/rk.2017.8-09
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| ISSN: | 2081-8718 |
| eISSN: | 2353-2831 |
| Authors: |
Dorothy
Figueira
University of Georgia |
| Keywords: | comparative literature catharsis phobos bhāva rasa Aristotle Abhinavagupta Bharata Nāţyaśāstra |
| Issue / book publication date: | 2017 |
| Page range: | 12 (191-202) |
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Abstract
This essay compares Greek and Sanskrit drama from the perspective of their aesthetic aims. It examines briefly the role of pity and fear in Aristotle as a point of departure for a more general study of emotion in Sanskrit drama, where fear comprises but one mood sought in the aesthetic experience. The discussion is based on the theoretical understanding of drama as elucidated by Bharata in the Nāţyaśāstra and Abhinavagupta in his commentary to this work.
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