AESTHETICS OF THE SUBLIME AND THE PROBLEM OF PATHOS IN THE WORKS OF N. V. GOGOL
The article is devoted to the study of the semantic volume of the category sublime in the work of Gogol. The specificity of Gogol's pathos as manifestations of passion is investigated. In comparison with the ideas of the Greek treatise «About the Sublime» the artistic embodiments of earthly passions and the highest passion - the divine precept - opposed to them are considered. It is concluded that in Gogol's work passion as an embodiment of the sublime is an indicator not only of the spiritual state, but also the ontological dynamics of the hero.