A identidade do terrível e da felicidade: sublime, sublimação e uníssono na arte e na psicanálise.

The aesthetics of the sublime and the psychoanalytic concept of sublimation, properly re-read, can interact in a way that illuminates each other. What we gain is, on the one hand, a more penetrating understanding of the essence of aesthetic experience in art, and on the other, a more compelling view of how the process of becoming a subject unfolds. In fact, the first glimmer of self-consciousness is ignited in a purely aesthetic dimension, in the etymological sense of the term, that is, in a space made of sensations. This space, called chora semiotics by Julia Kristeva, is at the same time dynamic and intersubjective-in other words, although woven of sensoriality, can not ignore a symbolic framework. To illustrate this thematic area, the author examines two examples of contemporary sublime, Kim Ki-duk's film entitled Pietà, and some monumental works by Richard Serra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]