Emotional component in the aesthetic experience of the sublime

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the presentation and interpretation of the views that consider and testify to the complexity of the emotional component of the aesthetic experience of the sublime. Special attention is dedicated to the aesthetic views of Pseudo-Longinus, John Dennis and Immanuel Kant, authors who has a significant influence on the shaping of thoughts on the sublime, and especially on the parts of their aesthetic thought in which they articulate what constitutes a certain complexity of how sublime affects humans. Although there are certain distinctions in these thinkers regarding the analysis of the aesthetic experience of the sublime, there are also similarities, especially in terms of clarifying the emotional structure of the experience of the sublime.