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MELANCHOLY VIBRATIONS IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD BY MIRON COSTIN
MELANCHOLY VIBRATIONS IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD BY MIRON COSTIN

Author(s): Carmen Daniela Berințan
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Romanian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: melancholy; pain; God; life; philosophy; death;

Summary/Abstract: This text is about a literary concept used by writers ever since the beginning of literature: melancholy. The article shows the impact of melancholy in an old text from Romanian literature. This text puts emphasis on the way on which the ancient man has a somber vision of the world, and the central motif is fortuna labilis ( changing fate). During his life on earth, man has an unhappy destiny with a lot of suffering and his only hope is good will, which can offer him spiritual salvation.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 1087-1090
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian
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