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From Space to Place in G. Plesea’s Novel Bitter Be Thy Bread
From Space to Place in G. Plesea’s Novel Bitter Be Thy Bread

Author(s): Mihai Ion
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: space vs. place; alienation vs. acculturation; exile; identity

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the present study is to analyze—from a cultural studies perspective—the debut novel Bitter Be Thy Bread (Aruncă pâinea ta pe ape) of the Romanian-American writer Gabriel Plesea. To this end, the concepts of ‘space’ and ‘place’ will be first decoded and then applied to the aforementioned novel. Special emphasis will be placed upon the process of exile and its representation in the book as a transition from the individual’s sense of alienation to a subsequent rediscovery of one’s true identity.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-76
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English