MIHAI EMINESCU AND TÉOPHIL GAUTIER - FROM THE “AVATAR” TO “POOR DIONIS”- BETWEEN UNSLEEPING AND DREAM
MIHAI EMINESCU AND TÉOPHIL GAUTIER - FROM THE “AVATAR” TO “POOR DIONIS”- BETWEEN UNSLEEPING AND DREAM

Summary/Abstract: The study “Eminescu and Théophile Gautier-from the “Avatar” to “Sărmanul Dionis”- between unsleeping and dream” constitutes an application on the literature field. The thesis in which direction is argued is the following: The fantastic prose finds a new beginning, both in Romanian literature and in the French one through Mihai Eminescu and Théophie Gautier. In his cultural assimilation, Mihai Eminescu reads the works of Gautier and even imitates a fragment from “Avatar”, at the end of the novel “Sărmanul Dionis”. Both of them have in common the passion for the Indian philosophy and for the fantastic, evidence which can be noticed from the two works observed in the title. Conclusion: The influence of Théophile Gautier upon Mihai Eminescu cannot be proved actually, but can’t be excluded either. A comparative look upon the novel “Sărmanul Dionis” and “Avatar”, indicates similes, but also a difference of construction of the narrative plan, a better knowledge of the Indian philosophy by Mihai Eminescu and a bigger elegance in swinging among the real and the imaginary plan, between reality and dream.

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