THE FORMULA OF THE PARABLE WITH POST-TOTALITARIAN AIM AND THE POSTMODERNIST REVIVAL OF THE NARRATIVE
THE FORMULA OF THE PARABLE WITH POST-TOTALITARIAN AIM AND THE POSTMODERNIST REVIVAL OF THE NARRATIVE
Author(s): Simona AntofiSubject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: totalitarian ideology; political parable; fantasy; typology; literary ideology;
Summary/Abstract: In Din povestirile unui frizer / From a Barber's Stories, Dumitru Radu Popa's option for the political parable joins his use of lexical and semantic speculation (fantastically oriented, even absurd) within the writing itself which draws attention on the ever marked danger of dictatorship.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 73-76
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Romanian