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Romanul ,,Anna Karenina" prin grila teoriilor ficționale contemporane
The Novel "Anna Karenina" through the Lenses of Contemporary Fictional Theories

Author(s): Andreea Zavicsa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: criticism; society; fiction; reality; Reader; Tolstoy;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to highlight the multiple interpretations Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina can achieve, taking into consideration the major contributions to the literary criticism of Toma Pavel, Kendall Walton, Umberto Eco, Terence Parsons and J. A. Searle. Based on Pavel’s study (Fictional Worlds), the aim of the paper is to determine in what way can the imaginary world be separated from the real one. In fact, I have chosen this topic because I strongly believe that the combination between the two areas of philology - literature and criticism- is more than appealing and can help the reader to fully understand the meanings of the novel and even discover new ones hidden within the pages. Toma Pavel’s ideas about Anna Karenina are worth spreading because they can work as an invitation for the reader’s own interpretations.

  • Issue Year: 5/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 94-105
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian