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Comunismul în literatura post-comunistă
Communism in post-communist literature

Author(s): Ion Manolescu, Iulian Boldea, Mircea Popa, Victor, Marian Buciu, Ruxandra Ivăncescu, Constantin Cubleșan, Georgeta Moarcăş, Flori Bălănescu, Călin Crăciun, Gabriela Glăvan, Senida Poenariu, Mihaela Ioana Apostol (Fildan), Gabriela Elena Lung
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Philology
Published by: Vatra Literară
Keywords: Post-communism; Romanian literature; collective memory; totalitarianism; trauma;

Summary/Abstract: This dossier examines the ways in which totalitarian experience is represented in post-1989 Romanian literature. It highlights the shift from allegorical survival under censorship to direct engagement with historical truth, memory recovery, and ethical testimony. Post-communist writing functions both as a means of collective catharsis and as a tool for reconstructing suppressed histories, particularly through prison memoirs, testimonial literature, and postmodern reinterpretations of everyday life under communism.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 49-78
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Romanian
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