THE WORKS OF ION CREANGĂ: OUTLINING POSSIBLE TRANSCULTURAL APPROACHES
THE WORKS OF ION CREANGĂ: OUTLINING POSSIBLE TRANSCULTURAL APPROACHES
Author(s): Imola Katalin NagySubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Short Story, Hungarian Literature, Romanian Literature, Cultural Essay, Philology, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Ion Creangă; tales; folklore; source; transcultural; Hungarian;
Summary/Abstract: In this study, we aim to examine the works of Ion Creangă from a perspective centered on two key aspects: the relationship between Creangă’s works and folklore, and the parallels found in Hungarian folk literature. There are at least three perspectives through which the folkloric character of his works could be analyzed: the perspective of narrative structure, the perspective of characters, and the perspective of language. Ion Creangă draws his inspiration from folklore, but he is also a generator of folklore through the process of refolklorization of his works. We provide a synthesis of the folkloric meanings and implications in Creangă’s work, reviewing the possible folkloric sources of his work and offering research avenues for future scholarly investigations by broadening the scope and opening up to Hungarian folk texts with which Romanian fairy tales share fundamental geocultural parallels and similarities.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 45
- Page Range: 186-195
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Romanian
