Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Our paper discusses the way in which one of the Orthodox symbols present in Vasile Voiculescu’s novel, Zahei Orbul / Zahei the Blind, the light, reflects the others and helps the reader to see the depths of the author’s work. In order to do that, we see the symbol of light’s meaning as anagogical, as it was seen by the Hesychasts, especially Saint Gregory Palamas. In addition, we are using Jean-Claude Marion’s concept of intuitively saturated phenomenon, as the novel could be perceived as an icon by the reader who is able to contemplate it through its symbols. Seeing the novel as an icon could also happen because, according to Constantin Jinga, Voiculescu’s style of writing, on some levels, is similar to that of the authors of the Midrash.
Author: Suciu Dorin Gheorghe
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406766856