GIB I. MIHĂESCU AND THE SHORT STORIES OF MORBID OBSESSIONS
GIB I. MIHĂESCU AND THE SHORT STORIES OF MORBID OBSESSIONS
Author(s): Mirela Letiția Nistor (Zăvoian)Subject(s): Short Story, Romanian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: jealousy; adventure; imagination; dream;
Summary/Abstract: The erotic feeling and the idea of the couple, favourite themes of literature at all times, found in Gib Mihăescu’s short prose a completely unexpected context, being placed on the border between conscious and unconscious. We are discussing two short stories representative for the obsessive universe in which the heroes move: The Incident and The Dream. The main characters of these texts become the slaves of their own imagination or of some fixed ideas that break them from the rational world and for which they are willing to sacrifice months or even years. The action, most often triggered by jealousy, takes place more in the world of imagination than in the real world.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 564-569
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian