Open AccessThe Ballad „Meșterul Manole”: an Archetypal Interpretation
Author(s) -
Tatiana Butnaru
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
philologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-3717
pISSN - 1857-4300
DOI - 10.52505/1857-4300.2021.2(314).13
Subject(s) - ballad , interpretation (philosophy) , symbol (formal) , aesthetics , sacrifice , perfection , mythology , transcendence (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , literature , expression (computer science) , art , spirituality , philosophy , history , epistemology , theology , linguistics , medicine , alternative medicine , poetry , archaeology , pathology , computer science , programming language
In this article, the interpretation of the ballad „Meșterul Manole” found expression in an archetypal perspective, in correlation with the message of ideas, the legendary-historical significance and the sources of mythical inspiration. A symbol of the aspiration for the perfection of a work of art, the ballad is a masterpiece of universal inspiration, where the motive of human sacrifice in the service of a social, aesthetic, spiritual ideal becomes the essence of our millennial spirituality, is the artistic synthesis of a sacred space of values their fundamentals. One of the distinctive features of the ballad is the opening to new areas of mythical transcendence, orientation to some original images, with an ancient mythological substratum, prone to successive changes, to reveal new dimensions in the aesthetic perception of the world, in the context of serious meditations on life. and death, fulfillment, and sacrifice, about the perpetuation of the human spirit through creation.