The Tragedy of Kindness in King Lear

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2022-01-15 DOI:10.1353/sel.2021.0003

J. Kerr

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Abstract

Abstract:This article argues that King Lear decouples kindness and kinship in ways that raise questions of recognition. Because Lear deliberately breaks his kinship bond with Cordelia, Aristotelian anagnorisis cannot suffice to reconcile them. Hegelian Anerkennung frames recognition as a process of creating relational bonds but grounds this process in a struggle that does not structure the reconciliation between Lear and Cordelia. Consequently, I argue that kindness in the play consists of a freedom to meet ontological human vulnerability with relational care. The play's tragedy lies in the way that kindness, because both vulnerable and free, comes with no guarantees.

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《李尔王》中的善良悲剧

摘要:本文认为《李尔王》将善良和亲缘关系分离开来，从而引发了认知问题。因为李尔王故意打破了他与科迪莉亚的血缘关系，亚里士多德的解知论不足以使他们和解。黑格尔的Anerkennung将认知框架为创造关系纽带的过程，但将这一过程建立在一场斗争中，而这场斗争并没有构成李尔和科迪莉亚之间的和解。因此，我认为剧中的善良包含了一种自由，即用关系关怀来面对人类本体论上的脆弱。这出戏的悲剧在于，善良，因为既脆弱又自由，没有保证。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.