URSUL FRAM ȘI IPOSTAZELE EROULUI SALVATOR
THE BEAR FRAM AND THE HYPOSTASES OF THE SAVIOR HERO

Summary/Abstract: The rich bear mythogy finds an interesting approach in Cezar Petrescu’s “Fram, ursul polar” (“Fram, the White Bear”). The story follows the fairy tale’s organization, bearing also archetypal dimensions, like the initiatory journey, the lost paradise, the cave and the island, turning into a heroic myth, although it looks like a story of a child that searches for his family. Fram’s route leads to the restoring of the world’s order, but adding the hunt myth, another hero, Petrus, reveals the vocation of the savior hero. The reading that the present paper proposes uses the lens of mythology, archetype and folklore, in order to find the hidden meaning of this fairy tale looking book. Although the book is thought to be a children book, it leads to meaningful findings that underline the value of the novel.

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