@article{ART003268160},
author={Youngjae Roh},
title={The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory},
journal={The Korean Journal of Dance Studies},
issn={1226-900X},
year={2025},
volume={101},
number={4},
pages={85-103}
TY - JOUR
AU - Youngjae Roh
TI - The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory
JO - The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 101
IS - 4
PB - The Korean Society for Dance Studies
SP - 85
EP - 103
SN - 1226-900X
AB - The shipwreck has long served as a powerful symbol that crystallizes the confrontation between humanity and nature and evokes the affect of the sublime. Drawing on Edmund Burke’s theory of the sublime, this study examines how shipwreck scenes in three narrative ballets—｢Le Corsaire｣, ｢The Winter’s Tale｣, and ｢Shim Chung｣—embody different aesthetic dimensions of sublimity. While all three works reveal core attributes such as danger, fear, and power, they diverge into spectacular, narrative, and ritual modes shaped by their distinct cultural contexts. The shipwreck functions not merely as stage spectacle but as an aesthetic space where peril and salvation, finitude and transcendence intersect, transforming fear and awe into artistic experience. Burke’s conception of the sublime provides a framework for reinterpreting classical aesthetics in contemporary performance and for envisioning the shipwreck motif, mediated through dance, as a site of renewed artistic and humanistic reflection.
KW - Sublime;Edmund Burke;Shipwreck;Narrative ballet;Water;Humanities
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Youngjae Roh. (2025). The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, 101(4), 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. 2025, "The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory", The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, vol.101, no.4 pp.85-103.
Youngjae Roh "The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 101.4 pp.85-103 (2025) : 85.
Youngjae Roh. The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory. 2025; 101(4), 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. "The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 101, no.4 (2025) : 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, 101(4), 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies. 2025; 101(4) 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory. 2025; 101(4), 85-103.
Youngjae Roh. "The Sublime in the Shipwreck Motif of Narrative Ballets - An Inquiry through Edmund Burke’s Aesthetic Theory" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 101, no.4 (2025) : 85-103.
