IDENTIFYING ARCHETYPES IN SOCIAL DYNAMICS. CONTEXTUALIZING THE ARCHETYPAL WORLD
IDENTIFYING ARCHETYPES IN SOCIAL DYNAMICS. CONTEXTUALIZING THE ARCHETYPAL WORLD

Summary/Abstract: Cultural models, the collective consciousness, the collective memory can make up a triad needed to recover the dominant values of a culture. The cultural models generated by the rural community viewed as a patriarchal village in the Romanian space are a topic of current debate in the context of globalization. However, the process of model destruction is older, marked by the transition from one political system to another - in the example we bring forth, from the patriarchal village to collectivization in the communist society. We support our comparative approach with arguments from the literary universe of a Romanian writer, holder of the Herder Prize for Literature: Marin Sorescu. The comparative analysis shows that in the Romanian culture, its tradition and values have been staples for different cultural ages and social contexts, and the creators have historically and culturally defined time and space. Not only does Marin Sorescu rebuild an archetypal world, but he also rebuilds a world of Beginnings, reconfiguring archetypes, myths and symbols. The spectacle of the archaic world is thus restored to the Romanian culture.

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