"Neutrochtonizarea" - an indirect approach to the theme of Jewishness in Mihail Sebastian's literature. Cover Image

„Neutrochtonizarea” – o soluție de abordare indirectă a temei evreității în literatura lui Mihail Sebastian.
"Neutrochtonizarea" - an indirect approach to the theme of Jewishness in Mihail Sebastian's literature.

Author(s): Teodora Dumitru
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Romanian Literature
Published by: Vatra Literară
Keywords: Mihail Sebastian; Identity; ethnic neutralisation;

Summary/Abstract: The present essay examines a solution used by the young Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945) to indirectly insert the theme of identity - a theme of Jewishness, by default - into his prose considered to be uninterested in this theme, much of it written in the early 1930s, such as "Fragments of a Found Notebook" (1932)," Women" (1933), "City of Willows" (1935). It is a question of the solution of delegating identities that are as less particular and as easily identifiable as possible to the characters, but also to places, spaces and in general to references of all kinds that circulate in his literature.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 7-8
  • Page Range: 143-149
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian