A Theoretical Overview on Migration Literature
A Theoretical Overview on Migration Literature
Author(s): Anca TomoioagăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: ethical-literary; in-betweenness; dislocation;alienation; temporariness;
Summary/Abstract: The present article focuses mainly on the cultural and literary theories that define and describe migration literature and attempts to outline the main features of migration prose, in regard to literary themes, characters’ identity profile and struggle, the novel as specific literary composition. First part of the study briefly presents the social phenomenon in Romania, its social context and the artistic productions generated by the emigration phenomenon. The second part of the study sketches several characteristics of the migration novel, including some short mentions of two recent Romanian novels related to emigration literature: Dan Lungu’s The Little Girl Who Played at Being God and Liliana Corobca’s Kinderland.
Journal: Confluenţe. Texts and Contexts Reloaded
- Issue Year: 1/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 149-159
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English