Heroic Tragedy

Japanese: 英雄悲劇 - えいゆうひげき
Heroic Tragedy

…This is even more evident in the Restoration tragedies of the late 17th century, which imitated French classical tragedy. These are also called heroic tragedies, and generally feature a heroic protagonist who is tormented by the conflict between love and honor and forced to make a difficult choice. This basic situation of choosing between private and public principles is also found in French classical tragedy, but here the choice is now left to the will of the human being, and the will of a superhuman absolute being has disappeared. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "heroic tragedy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このことはフランス古典悲劇を模した17世紀後半のイギリスの王政復古期悲劇についてはいっそう顕著である。これは英雄悲劇とも呼ばれ,英雄的な主人公がおおむね愛と名誉との対立に悩んで,苦しい選択を迫られるというものである。この私的原理と公的原理との間の選択という基本状況はフランス古典悲劇にも認められるが,ここでは選択はもはや人間の意志にゆだねられており,超人的絶対者の意志は消えている。…

※「英雄悲劇」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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