THE KING’S DAY BY FILIP FLORIAN. HISTORIOGRAPHIC METAFICTION
THE KING’S DAY BY FILIP FLORIAN. HISTORIOGRAPHIC METAFICTION

Summary/Abstract: Historiographic metafiction is defined as that form characteristic of the postmodern literary phenomenon, which incorporates in itself history, literature and literary theory. The features of Filip Florian's text stand out by the complicated, quite difficult phrase with many words specific to the period of time presented. Historical documentation in “The King's Days” is carried out carefully, with many details about the history of those times. Published in 2008, the novel focuses on the reign debut of Carol I, from the perspective of dentist Joseph Strauss, who accompanies him in the Principalities: the King’s days only begin at the end of the narrative, which is an unprecedented cut. Through foreign eyes, Bucharest and Romanian society are marked with detachment, and the passage of time and power, as subsidiary themes, loads the narrative with bitter melancholy. Filip Florian’s style is baroque, with long phrases, with a historical-colored lexicon, with a calculated dosage of the communicating vessel principle.

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