Are great natural objects in Sanskrit "mahākāvya" sublime? : a preliminary study on the Loginian notion of the sublime and the practice of Sanskrit classical poets

Bibliographic description

title:	Are great natural objects in Sanskrit "mahākāvya" sublime? : a preliminary study on the Loginian notion of the sublime and the practice of Sanskrit classical poets
author:	Matyszkiewicz Ariadna
journal title:	The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series
volume:	7
issue:	1
date of publication :	2018
pages:	55-76
eISSN:	2450-6249
DOI:	10.4467/24506249PJ.18.003.9777
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 73-76
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	This study seeks to compare the generic conventions of the Sanskrit ornate epic poem (mahākāvya) with the Longinian notion of the sublime, belonging to the literary-rhetorical tradition of the classical (Western) antiquity. It characterizes descriptions of mountains and oceans employed in the mahākāvya genre within the theoretical context of the "grand narrative" specified by Sanskrit literary theorists. The practice of Sanskrit poets characterized in this way is compared with the prerequisites of grand style, understood by Pseudo-Longinus as an actualization of the proto-aesthetic category of the sublime.
keywords in English:	mahākāvya, grand style, sublime, Pseudo-Longinus
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,2
affiliation:	Wydział Filologiczny : Instytut Orientalistyki
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper