IMAGINARY SYMBOLISM IN FĂNUȘ NEAGU’S PLAYS
IMAGINARY SYMBOLISM IN FĂNUȘ NEAGU’S PLAYS

Summary/Abstract: “Echipa de zgomote” is a two parts drama, approaching the theme of the family, which is seen as a conglomerate of beings. These beings become astray from their own ideals and from the human condition also, manifesting themselves in a small cinematography studio, where the members of the same family group are hired in order to artificially produce movie sounds. The humiliation and the personal bankruptcy they have to face in this small space define the spiritual and moral chaos. There are some symbolical similarities to the writings of Ionescu or Voiculescu and these resemblances highlight the drama’s artistic features. The profile of the characters is shaped in quasi-negative shades; in what regards the linguistic area, the clichés reveal an obsession with the fight against depersonalization which unfortunately fails. The symbolism of the drama also reveals the obsession with the idea of paternity. The frustrations of a mundane existence are being realistically dealt with, Nil being pursued by the idea of the old bison, his father, an idolatrized pater familias, whose ancestral force he genetically invokes. The end symbolically represents a certain kind of closure by means of Nil’s death, proving an attempt to revive the ancestors’ decayed spirit, but this proves to be partially achieved. The retrograde bestiary justifies the idea of a de-spiritualized context: the bison family is made of “chamber horses”, then they turn into howling wolves on various tapes, and they end up being dogs – symbols of the dominated ones. Therefore, the play is a parable, as shown by the symbolical and mythical analysis.

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