FROM THE ANXIETY OF DEATH TO AESTHETIC SUBLIMATION
FROM THE ANXIETY OF DEATH TO AESTHETIC SUBLIMATION

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims at investigating two of the constants in Ionesco’s work, as they are fashioned in 'Frenzy for Two or More’. Firstly, one can note the autobiographical projection: from the motif of the paternal figure, rejected and repressed, the discussion is reached about the image-parabola of a universe in which the authority is violently rejected (suggesting war atmosphere). Secondly, the study unveils a thanatic dominant, considered to be the authentic tragic root of Eugene Ionesco’s work. In addition to this thematic research, the study approaches the intertextuality of the chosen dramatic text, by reference to E. Ionesco’s work and confessions, as well as in association to other names well-known to literature (Caragiale, Arghezi, Kafka). Without being intended as an exhaustive presentation, this work outlines the author's message to his audience: the world of the evoked dramatic space will find no way out, as long as it refuses to mediate conflicts and prefers to remain in a universe of extremisms.

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