Comenius' "Labyrinth of the world" in Dmytro Čyževskyj's interpretation
Vol.11,No.2(2008)
Abstract
Keywords:
Labyrinth of the world and the paradise of the heart; spiritual quest; the Expelled Truth; negative allegory; intertextuality; word chains
Pages:
35–49
The article deals with D. Čyževskij's interpretation of Comenius' Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise if the Heart. The accent is laid on the themes and their sources in the history if literature and philosophy intertwined in the Labyrinth. Among the main themes, analyzed in the way, there are: the theme of Spiritual quest, the World as a Vision, the World as a Drama, the World as a Labyrinth, the Expelled Truth, Christ and the Soul, Soul in Heavenly Home / in exile. Among the stylistics devises which realize the themes in the text the function of "negative allegory" and the world chains are analyzed. It is proposed to view this approach as the first attempt at intertextual interpretation.
Labyrinth of the world and the paradise of the heart; spiritual quest; the Expelled Truth; negative allegory; intertextuality; word chains
35–49