Myth and Modernity in the Twentieth Century Romanian Novel

by Orlich, Ileana

• ISBN13: 9780880336437
• ISBN10: 0880336439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Ileana Orlich captures the shifting and subtle identities andcontinuities of Romania's literary tradition by concentrating on unfamiliaraesthetic and cultural landscapes, mythic archetypes, and modernist techniques.Examining a distinct and unusual range of authors and texts, Orlich charts thecrosscurrents of the century's representative fiction, attesting to the importanceof a critical vision of Romanian literature and a commitment to its dynamicinteractions with European models.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Romanian Avant-gardism and French Surrealism beyond The WasteLand: Gellu Naum's Zenobia	p. 8
Modernism and the Male World: The Crisis of Masculinity in The Bed of Procrustes	p. 37
A Feminist Epistemology of Sensibility: Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu's Hallipa Trilogy	p. 51
Mapping Orality and Literacy in Romanian Modern Fiction: Mihail Sadoveanu's The Hatchet and Tales From Ancuţa's Inn	p. 86
Experiencing the Past, Narrating the Present: Magical Realism As Narrative Discourse in Ştefan Agopian's	p. 100
Notes	p. 117
Works Cited	p. 143
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