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Conceiving “the Horrible”

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: Alkemie Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
    2021 – 2, n° 28
    . L'horrible
  • Author: Sánchez Usón (María José)
  • Abstract: In this text, we propose to understand the term “horrible” as an arcane, excessive and mysterious word that qualifies, in a superlative way, that which, surpassing the shock of man in the face of something frightening, is considered the maximum expression of what drives one mad: the materialization of what is radically evil and, consequently, the evil in its most horrifying and intense state.
  • Pages: 99 to 115
  • Journal: Alkemie
  • CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée
  • EAN: 9782406128168
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-12816-8
  • ISSN: 2286-136X
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12816-8.p.0099
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 01-26-2022
  • Periodicity: Biannual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: horrible, fear, monstrous, subjectivity, thinking