The Intelligence of Negative Passion and the Collapse of Stoicism in King Lear

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI:10.1353/SEL.2019.0011

K. Lehtonen

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Abstract

Abstract:The portrayal of traditionally negative passions in King Lear anticipates modern cognitivist theories of emotion, which argue that emotions are intelligent and strategic. In depicting extreme displays of emotion, the play not only questions Stoic views about the passions but also shatters the divide between passion and reason that existed widely during the Renaissance. In two examples of strong emotion—the wrath of Lear and the despair of the Earl of Gloucester—Shakespeare explores two different strategies for responding to suffering. The play, finally, refutes Stoicism at its core, repudiating the assumption that to give way to passion means surrendering prudence, self-sovereignty, and identity.

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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.