The Two Sides of a Single Coin: Karun Rasa and Tragic Feeling

Authors

  • Anupam Nagar University of North Gujarat, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.200210238

Keywords:

Karun Rasa, Tragic feeling, Death, Metaphysics, Eastern thought v. Western thought

Abstract

The paper begins by discussing the Indian idea of Karun Rasa as interpreted by Abhinavgupta, Nagendra, Visvanath, Bhattnayak, Gunchandra, Ramchandra and Raja Bhoja, and then compares it with the Western concept of Tragic Feeling as explained by Aristotle, Hume, Leavis, Schopheneur, Hegel, Nietzsche, Faguet, Butcher, Langer, Dickson, Thorndike, and Murry. Finally it is concluded that the extraordinary opinions of Abhinavgupta, Bhattnayak and Leavis are of outstanding importance in the present context.

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Published

2002-12-31

How to Cite

Nagar, A. (2002). The Two Sides of a Single Coin: Karun Rasa and Tragic Feeling. Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 26, 91–100. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.200210238