A Review of Romanian Children’s Literature since the 90s from the Perspective of Moretti’s (Geo)criticism Cover Image

O radiografie a literaturii române pentru copii după anii ‘90 până în prezent din perspectiva (geo)criticii morettiene
A Review of Romanian Children’s Literature since the 90s from the Perspective of Moretti’s (Geo)criticism

Author(s): Alin C. Cîrtog
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: (geo)criticism; children’s literature; distant reading; cartography; literary Darwinism; literary canon; literary geography; world literature

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the relationship between Moretti’s theories and methods of critical research and Romanian children’s literature, proposing both a new approach and a new way of reading children’s literature. The main idea is that Romanian children’s literature from the past three decades has become an increasingly developed and effervescent field, with openings towards world literature and, therefore, it needs new research meth- ods pertaining to World Literature studies. Since Franco Moretti’s theories are already integrated into Western (geo)criticism, it is important to metabolize them in the local context precisely in order to legitimize a coherent geocritical approach to Romanian children’s literature.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2023
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 216-234
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian
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