“THE NEW SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION” OR THE DARK PEDAGOGY OF THE COMMUNIST SECURITY Cover Image

“THE NEW SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION” OR THE DARK PEDAGOGY OF THE COMMUNIST SECURITY
“THE NEW SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION” OR THE DARK PEDAGOGY OF THE COMMUNIST SECURITY

Author(s): Emanuela Ilie
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: ŖThe New Sentimental Educationŗ; Constantin Pricop; postmodern novel; communist ideology; sociological perspective

Summary/Abstract: Taking into account Pierre Bourdieuřs reading of Gustave Flaubertřs ŖSentimental Educationŗ (from ŖThe Rules of Artŗ), our paper offers an analysis of one of the most intriguing Romanian novels centered on the communist regimeřs psychological effects on the intellectuals: ŖThe New Sentimental Educationŗ, written by Constantin Pricop, former Professor of Romanian literature at the ŖAlexandru Ioan Cuzaŗ University of Iaşi. More than his own biography, the literary historianřs areas of expertise Ŕ in particular, Ŗthe seduction of the ideologiesŗ, exerted not only in all sectors of everyday life, but also in the literary and critic fields Ŕ, helped him increase the novelist perspective, in order to propose an original, postmodern Ŗsentimental educationŗ, focused on the dark pedagogy of the Communist ŖSecurityŗ, as well as the survival solutions, yet possible for the intellectuals in the dark years of the communist Romania.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 231-238
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian