<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper is focused on the metaphor of the disease in Lucian Blaga’s poetical works and aphorisms. The stylistic approach is built on Indrieș’s notion of the semantic field and on Blaga’s cultural definition of the metaphor as a way of compromising for the inability to perceive and describe the outer world. The metaphor of the disease combines the physical and the spiritual and transcends some of Blaga’s fundamental poetical themes such as death, sacredness, creative drive, and love. The paper follows two main coordinates in discussing this metaphor: positive to negative connotations (and what context triggers them) and, respectively, disease as a means of reaching divinity or becoming a sinner.</p></abstract>

The present paper is focused on the metaphor of the disease in Lucian Blaga’s poetical works and aphorisms. The stylistic approach is built on Indrieș’s notion of the semantic field and on Blaga’s cultural definition of the metaphor as a way of compromising for the inability to perceive and describe the outer world. The metaphor of the disease combines the physical and the spiritual and transcends some of Blaga’s fundamental poetical themes such as death, sacredness, creative drive, and love. The paper follows two main coordinates in discussing this metaphor: positive to negative connotations (and what context triggers them) and, respectively, disease as a means of reaching divinity or becoming a sinner.

Metafora Bolii În Poezia Și Aforistica Lui Lucian Blaga

Lucian Blaga Yearbook

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The present paper is focused on the metaphor of the disease in Lucian Blaga’s poetical works and aphorisms. The stylistic approach is built on Indrieș’s notion...

Metafora Bolii În Poezia Și Aforistica Lui Lucian Blaga

Published Online: Apr 18, 2020

Page range: 107 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/clb-2019-0011

Keywords
metaphor, stylistical analysis, disease, thanatic worldview, metaphysical

© 2019 Bianca Alecu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Metafora Bolii În Poezia Și Aforistica Lui Lucian Blaga

Published Online: Apr 18, 2020

Page range: 107 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/clb-2019-0011

Keywordsmetaphor, stylistical analysis, disease, thanatic worldview, metaphysical

© 2019 Bianca Alecu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
metaphor, stylistical analysis, disease, thanatic worldview, metaphysical