The Occidental/Western Myth as a Form of Mental (Self)Colonization in the Eastern European Discourse about Communism. A Case Study on Radu Pavel Gheo’s Noapte bunã, copii!
The Occidental/Western Myth as a Form of Mental (Self)Colonization in the Eastern European Discourse about Communism. A Case Study on Radu Pavel Gheo’s Noapte bunã, copii!

Summary/Abstract: Even though its historical experience cannot be framed exactly into the postcolonial framework, Radu Pavel Gheo’s Noapte bună, copii! demonstrates the effects of a cultural and psychological “colonization” that is typical for the Eastern European post-communist space. In this study, I argue that Radu’s text is situated at the juncture between the postcolonial and postcommunist studies. To that extent, I concentrate on how the idyllic projection of Western spaces colonizes the minds of the novel’s protagonists through the power of the infantile myth.

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