The study aims at depicting the specific narrative techniques of the Romanian novel from the inte... more The study aims at depicting the specific narrative techniques of the Romanian novel from the interbellum period. We identify both the imagery and the linguistic level sustaining the new temporal approach on fiction at the beginning of the 20 th century and later. In these one can hear the echoes of Henri Bergsonřs philosophical ideas as they were filtered through Marcel Proustřs literary work. The Romanian novel was much influenced in the first decades of the last century by the French literature and thus much of the literary discourse techniques were not copied but Ŗborrowedŗ Ŕ because they served as starting point in rethinking the traditional novel and its temporal structures. Thus, Romanian writers understood that time is not a simple narrative function but is the essential element of a new perception of the world and of the fiction itself.
Radu Petrescu`s novel Ce se vede (What One Can See) hides, under the thick and often hard to dige... more Radu Petrescu`s novel Ce se vede (What One Can See) hides, under the thick and often hard to digest crust of a realistic writing, enough elements that can propel it into postmodernism (unborn at the time of its conceiving). Following his own tradition, pre-established with his diaries, the author covers his theoretical ideas about literature within the pages of a comfortable novel, conceived in the manner proposed by Balzac and G. Cǎlinescu. This meta-novel unveils the mechanisms by which logos can be disseminated (and disguised) throughout pathos. The article deals with the particular way in which pseudo-realism becomes postmodernism mettant en abîme the position of the author (the Michelangelo or Manole the Builder complex as well as the concept of theophagy), the implication of the reader in the process of writing (and the inert hand) and the dialectics of the look (as a tool used in order to achieve the harmonization of the elements, both in literature and in real life).
WHEN WAS LAh'GUAGE BORN? Con-jectures have often been proposed, but we are now entitled ... more WHEN WAS LAh'GUAGE BORN? Con-jectures have often been proposed, but we are now entitled to answer with confidence: at the same time that man was born-per-haps two million years ago. The first sign of the dawn of language must have been the use of an un\wying 1.ocal ...
Between the covers of the current fourth volume, there are fifteen articles and two book reviews ... more Between the covers of the current fourth volume, there are fifteen articles and two book reviews dedicated to first-hand inquiries examined against the backdrop of cogent evidence. An international team of contributors scrutinizes diversified instances, such as historical backgrounds of the Romanian language, the connection between language and mind, interlingual renditions, and the relation between language and society. Written in English, Romanian and French, these essays shape the contours of Romanian works of literature, translation studies, cultural studies, and linguistics.
The study aims at depicting the specific narrative techniques of the Romanian novel from the inte... more The study aims at depicting the specific narrative techniques of the Romanian novel from the interbellum period. We identify both the imagery and the linguistic level sustaining the new temporal approach on fiction at the beginning of the 20 th century and later. In these one can hear the echoes of Henri Bergsonřs philosophical ideas as they were filtered through Marcel Proustřs literary work. The Romanian novel was much influenced in the first decades of the last century by the French literature and thus much of the literary discourse techniques were not copied but Ŗborrowedŗ Ŕ because they served as starting point in rethinking the traditional novel and its temporal structures. Thus, Romanian writers understood that time is not a simple narrative function but is the essential element of a new perception of the world and of the fiction itself.
Radu Petrescu`s novel Ce se vede (What One Can See) hides, under the thick and often hard to dige... more Radu Petrescu`s novel Ce se vede (What One Can See) hides, under the thick and often hard to digest crust of a realistic writing, enough elements that can propel it into postmodernism (unborn at the time of its conceiving). Following his own tradition, pre-established with his diaries, the author covers his theoretical ideas about literature within the pages of a comfortable novel, conceived in the manner proposed by Balzac and G. Cǎlinescu. This meta-novel unveils the mechanisms by which logos can be disseminated (and disguised) throughout pathos. The article deals with the particular way in which pseudo-realism becomes postmodernism mettant en abîme the position of the author (the Michelangelo or Manole the Builder complex as well as the concept of theophagy), the implication of the reader in the process of writing (and the inert hand) and the dialectics of the look (as a tool used in order to achieve the harmonization of the elements, both in literature and in real life).
WHEN WAS LAh'GUAGE BORN? Con-jectures have often been proposed, but we are now entitled ... more WHEN WAS LAh'GUAGE BORN? Con-jectures have often been proposed, but we are now entitled to answer with confidence: at the same time that man was born-per-haps two million years ago. The first sign of the dawn of language must have been the use of an un\wying 1.ocal ...
Between the covers of the current fourth volume, there are fifteen articles and two book reviews ... more Between the covers of the current fourth volume, there are fifteen articles and two book reviews dedicated to first-hand inquiries examined against the backdrop of cogent evidence. An international team of contributors scrutinizes diversified instances, such as historical backgrounds of the Romanian language, the connection between language and mind, interlingual renditions, and the relation between language and society. Written in English, Romanian and French, these essays shape the contours of Romanian works of literature, translation studies, cultural studies, and linguistics.
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