Romanian literature for the world: a matter of property
Romanian literature for the world: a matter of property

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the recent developments in the fields of transnational studies and world literature, this article analyses the presence of Romanian literature in the world and its specific manner of relating to the world. Thus, my paper consists of three parts. The first part approaches, in short, the way in which Romanian culture envisaged national literature, world literature, and the relationship between the two over the past two centuries. The second part is an attempt to systematize the manner in which Romanian literature asserted its presence in the world until now, by identifying four successive waves of its dissemination beyond national borders (the avant-garde, the Young Generation, trauma literature, and the comparatist wave). Finally, the third part of the article poses a new approach toward the problem, meant to contribute to a better understanding and, at the same time, an improvement of the presence of Romanian literature in the world.

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