Information about the author:
Tatyana A. Kasatkina
Tatiana A. Kasatkina, DSc in Philology, Director of Research, Head of the Research Centre “Dostoevsky and World Culture”, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25A, bld. 1, 121069 Moscow, Russia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0875-067X
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Abstract:
The article is concerned with the main philosophical (epistemological and ontological) principles of commentary as a fundamental practice of being and becoming both for the world and the man. It examines the initial process of “commenting” the non-explicit which lies at the bottom of reality. It also considers myth as a basic practice of speaking about what is ineffable. It thus shows the specific character of art, whose being develops itself in the opposite direction to life: while life tries to highlight different facets and concretize meanings, art integrates facets to achieve a new hyper-meaning.
The contribution looks for the ideal principles to build a commentary by investigating the movement and the development of the basic structures of existence. The final section raises the question about the meaning of “new” in traditional cultures.