FREEDOM IN LITERATURE: CONCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS, AESTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS, AND SOCIO-POLITICAL INTERPRETATIONS

This article examines the diverse interpretations of freedom in literature, focusing on its philosophical foundations, aesthetic manifestations, and socio-political implications. The study explores freedom as individual autonomy, collective self-determination, artistic creativity, and resistance to various forms of oppression. Drawing upon philosophical traditions associated with thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, and Kierkegaard, the article demonstrates how literary texts engage with competing understandings of freedom across historical periods and cultural contexts. Particular attention is devoted to the relationship between freedom and its antagonistic forces, including authority, tradition, social constraints, economic pressures, and psychological repression. The paper further investigates how different literary genres, especially tragedy, represent the complexities of human freedom and its limitations.