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Valorificarea expresiilor româneşti în volumul „Dăruind, vei dobândi” al lui Nicolae Steinhardt
The Use of the Romanian Phraseology in Nicolae Steinhardt’s Book “Giving Is Receiving”

Author(s): Mariana Vârlan
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Phraseology
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: The religious Romanian vocabulary; Romanian phrases; stylistic particularities;

Summary/Abstract: The religious Romanian vocabulary registered a unique dynamics in the contemporary era without giving up on the specific characteristics of this way of communicating. The novelty, in this sense, is given by the stylistic variation of the expression relative to the act of combining archaic elements with neologisms, selecting some phrases from the colloquial or popular language that are highly suggestive, specific to the Romanian mentality. The research also explores the particular style of Nicolae Steinhardt’s literary work, aiming at achieving an equilibrium between new and traditional, accessible and faithful to the sacrament. The phraseological units used in Nicolae Steinhardt’s book “Giving Is Receiving” succeed in innovating this style, offering, on the one hand, a “vividness” of his writing and, on the other hand, a solemnity of the theological explanations and spirituals answers.

  • Issue Year: I/2022
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 240-247
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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