THE TIME LABYRINTH IN MIRCEA ELIADE’S SHORT-STORIES
THE TIME LABYRINTH IN MIRCEA ELIADE’S SHORT-STORIES

Summary/Abstract: The paper The Time Labyrinth in Mircea Eliade’s Short-stories reveals different techniques whereby time becomes a real labyrinth in Eliade’s short-stories: the relationship amnesia-anamnesis, rejuvenation, the time paradox. If chronological time is an illusion, then the only certainty is the interiour, subjective duration, experiencing the events in a personal way. The therapy against the historical time, the ”terror” upon conscience takes different shapes when evading from it through different techniques, such as illumination.

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