Poetica resemiotizării mitului jertfei pentru creație în dramaturgia românească a secolului al XX-lea: viziuni anamorfotice
The Poetics of Resemiotizing the Myth of Sacrifice for Creation in 20th-Century Romanian Dramaturgy: Anamorphic Visions

Summary/Abstract: Assuming that the theatrical domain is essentially a symbolic and revelatory mirror of the phenomenal reality, this paper aims to examine several experimental movements and techniques that marked twentieth-century dramatic literature, with a central emphasis on the concept of the mythical imaginary. Thus, it becomes evident that, once regarded as the outcome of an aesthetic transfiguration of reality, dramatic literature acquires the capacity to articulate meanings profoundly interwoven with the mythical dimension of human existence. This paper sets out to construct a theoretical framework for understanding poetic drama, while also demonstrating the intrinsic correlation between reality and metaphor, wherein the poetic emerges as an experimental mode most notably within expressionist theatre. In parallel, the focus falls on the importance of dramatic inversion, interpreted as a source of fundamental sublimations of myth once translated into literature. Through this continuous re-semiotization of the cultural code, the mythical product undergoes a series of anamorphic transformations, enabling it to develop new layers of meaning. Finally, to exemplify these anamorphoses, the study will examine several dramatic adaptations of the myth of Master Manole, which exemplify both the concept of hereditary mito-poeism expressed in literature and the continuous re-semiotization of the local cultural tradition.

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