Exotic representations in the 19th century romanian literature and arts – Dimitrie Bolintineanu’s balkan exoticism
Exotic representations in the 19th century romanian literature and arts – Dimitrie Bolintineanu’s balkan exoticism

Summary/Abstract: Is there a connection between the way we interpret the common elements of a literary and visual text? More specifically, can we interpret a specific theme, such as Romantic exoticism through the system of symbols common to both arts? The answer is yes, and this can be done through a theoretical system of argumentation, that has at its basis the emotional components of both texts. In poetry and painting, scenes, characters or events are semantically organized, so that the imaginary and the integrative are mixed, so that the secret code could be deciphered, through an iconological approach.The present article studies exotic manifestations in the Romanian Principalities literature and arts, with a main focus on Dimitrie Bolintineanu’s “Flowers of the Bosphorus”, which are analyzed in conjunction with Theodor Aman’s exotic visual representations, in the hope of placing the Circassian feminine beauty among the geographical borders of the Romanian Principalities.

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