THE MYTH/MYTHICAL WOMAN. MAITREYI
THE MYTH/MYTHICAL WOMAN. MAITREYI

Summary/Abstract: Mircea Eliade’s literature opens a new direction in the Romanian prose, leading to the synchronizing of the Romanian literature with the western genre. The article entitled “The myth/mythical woman. Maitreyi” throws light upon an unusual hypothesis of the feminine character, which was created after the model, as it is well known, of a young Indian woman who is, in reality, a true character. Something which must be mentioned, though, is the fact that the novel manages to include, in an authentic and sincere manner, a love story which can be compared, as the author himself admits, to that between Dante and Beatrice. The change of the character into a myth is based on Eliade’s hero and heroine, Allan and Maitreyi, who, by use of love, succeed in reaching the sacred world, leaving behind the cultural differences and the visual aspects that concern life, the feeling of love becoming the most profound, capable of breaking the traditional borders. What really reflects the myth woman is the way in which the heroine of the novel remains into the affective memory of the western young man who manages to change his thinking regarding the culture and the western feminity. Moreover, the sequel of events, the feelings of the two characters,undoubtedly lead them to the acceptance of an end that both of them are aware of, unacceptable to the others, but this end transcends to sacred, as the social and historical spaces become insignificant.

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