Iașul și ieșenii: (auto)imagologie literară Iasi and its inhabitants: literary (self) imagology
Iasi and Iasi: literary (auto) imagology Iasi and its inhabitants: literary (self) imagology

Summary/Abstract: This study investigates the projections of Iasi and of its people as they are reflected in Alecu Russo’s, Mihail Kogalniceanu’s, Alecsandri’s and Costache Negruzzi’s 1848 prose in an attempt to devise literary (self) imagology. It is revealed as a patriarchal space split up between the orientalist logic and the semi-European mentality, giving birth to a game of images and counter- images, which are maintained by a continuous oxymoronic relation. The writers seek to reveal the effects of such representations on the collective imaginary, on a certain social, cultural or communication context, by highlighting national cultural stereotypes. They do it in different ways: playfully, objectively, good-naturedly, seriously, acidly, comically, ironically, or by means of parody or banter.

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