THE ECLECTICISM OF EMINESCU’S NOVEL Cover Image

THE ECLECTICISM OF EMINESCU’S NOVEL
THE ECLECTICISM OF EMINESCU’S NOVEL

Author(s): Anca Popan
Subject(s): Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: eclecticism; Geniu Pustiu; novel; modernity; Mihai Eminescu;

Summary/Abstract: Although Eminescu started a literary canon, that of Romanticism, his novel depicts the cohesion of certain elements belonging to other literary movements. The present paper aims to illustrate the eclecticism of the novel "Geniu pustiu" (Empty Genius) in which the author asserts his preference towards Romanticism, but, at the same time, he feels free not to remain a prisoner of dogma. In the little exegesis on Eminescu's prose, the literary critique emphasised the innovative elements of his novel, which would have had the resources to rewrite the destiny of the Romanian novel.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 630-637
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian