Ars Artium, Vol. 10, 2022 by Kanhaiya Sinha
Ars Artium, Vol. 10, 2022
There exists a sense of profound literary depth that utters from the human capacity to make obser... more There exists a sense of profound literary depth that utters from the human capacity to make observations and judgements of an aesthetic nature. Interestingly, the qualitative structure of human embodied experience is determined by aesthetic perception. Literary works are read, evaluated, appreciated, or criticized by the Western, the Eastern, the ancient as well as modern readers. If there is any difference, it is of time, place, language, mythology, images, and cultural background of a country. These differences may pose some difficulties but do not stand in the way of appreciating a literary work as literature has universal appeal. 'Rasa' and 'sublimity' are the aesthetics associated with literature and ignite the dramatic emotional elements. The main purpose of the paper is to attempt to revisit the two classical literary theories-of 'Rasa' and 'Sublime'-and explore a close affinity in the views of Bharata Muni, an Indian sage-poet, and Longinus, a Greek critic. The paper analyzes and compares these two theories from two different times and space as their object of treatment in the literature. For Bharata, it is 'Natya' (drama) and for Longinus, it is 'poetry' (kavya)-the two classical forms of literary reflections of a creative genius.
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Ars Artium, Vol. 10, 2022 by Kanhaiya Sinha