Faith and human powerlessness in the face of tragedies, parabolically shaped in the novels Three hours in hell by Antonie Plămădeală and Apopcalipsis by Adrian G. Romila Cover Image

Credința și neputința umană în fața tragediilor, modelate parabolic în romanele Trei ceasuri în iad de Antonie Plămădeală și Apocalipsis de Adrian G. Romila
Faith and human powerlessness in the face of tragedies, parabolically shaped in the novels Three hours in hell by Antonie Plămădeală and Apopcalipsis by Adrian G. Romila

Author(s): Ludmila Simanschi
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Romanian Literature
Published by: ArtPoligraf SRL
Keywords: human powerlessness;novel-parable;faith;methanoic function;crisis of consciousness;human tragedies;

Summary/Abstract: In this study we took into consideration the subject of the impact of human powerlessnessduring the historical times of disasters, cataclysms, human tragedies on the faith in divine providence,reflected in the Romanian parabolic novels Three hours in hell (1970) by Antonie Plămădealăand Apocalipsis (2019) by Adrian G. Romila.The aesthetics takes of the parable novels selected in the study are the edification of being andengaging in subtle debates regarding the values of an entire spiritual space, the accumulation of newsenses radiating to reflect on the serious phenomena, on the critical times in our history and on theabsurd condition of a tragic time, affecting the status of the human being, its natural dimensions, withregenerative effect: the free, doubtful thinking, without imposing ideological grids, which are aware ofthe difficulties of survival.

  • Issue Year: II/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 15-25
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian