Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Paradigmi della virtù e passioni tragiche nel Codrus di Johann Friedrich von Cronegk / M. Pirro. - In: INVERBIS. - ISSN 2279-8978. - 10:2(2020), pp. 179-194. [10.7368/98823]
Abstract:
In his Codrus, Johann Friedrich von Cronegk enhances the tragic effect by
admiration for the protagonist’s virtue and contempt for Artander, the king
of the Dorians. Admiration serves as the main catalyst for Classicist tragedies,
which strongly condemn the lack of humanity in evil characters. By mid-18th
century Lessing’s theories on Mitleid put a strain on the theoretical model
grounded on Bewunderung. This essay frames Cronegk’s work between tradition and innovation. Cronegk compensates the psychological implausibility
of inherently good or evil characters by evoking tolerant morals, which ward
off any impersonal conception of virtue, while disciplining the destructive
potential of affects.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
aesthetics; tragedy; enlightenment
Elenco autori:
M. Pirro
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