UPWARD MOBILITY AND FAILED EMANCIPATION IN FELIX ADERCA’S THE LITTLE LADY ON NEPTUNE STREET
UPWARD MOBILITY AND FAILED EMANCIPATION IN FELIX ADERCA’S THE LITTLE LADY ON NEPTUNE STREET

Summary/Abstract: Uprooted communities, social displacement, urbanization are central topics of the intellectual life of the Interwar period. This paper’s focus is on a lesser known novel by Felix Aderca, one of the most important proponents of the modernization of Romanian literature. The Little Lady on Neptune Street reflects his view on the relentless debate between the supporters of ruralism and those of modernism, as he describes the complexities faced by the uprooted peasants who find themselves living in the city. The discrepancy between the impulse of upward mobility and the individual capacity to carry this impulse through as well as the lack of stable social structures able to absorb and support the social needs of the peasants are the main themes in Aderca’s unique perspective on the social life at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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