The miser never dies. Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea and Ivo Andric Cover Image

Tvrdica nikad ne umire. Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea i Ivo Andrić
The miser never dies. Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea and Ivo Andric

Author(s): Lidija Čolević
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Romanian Literature, Serbian Literature, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: motif of stinginess; stereotypes; passion of avarice; intertextuality; comparative reading; dialogue of cultures;

Summary/Abstract: In the realist structure of the short story Hagi Tudose (1903), written by the Romanian author Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea (1858-1918), there are incorporated motifs like stinginess, passion of avarice, social alienation and the accumulation of capital, and forty years later, through the character of Rajka Radaković from the novel The Miss (1945), writer Ivo Andrić (1892-1975) did the same thing. Such characters embodying the stinginess, like Hagi Tudose and Rajka Radaković, have a similar psychological profile, stereotypical thinking and also similarities in their replicas, having the same ideas, and thus are created conditions for a comparative reading of the mentioned works.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 23-36
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian