STUDII ROMÂNEȘTI ȘI RUTENE – ACTUALITATE, PROVOCĂRI ȘI PERSPECTIVE
ROMANIAN AND RUTHENIC STUDIES – CURRENT EVENTS, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
Contributor(s): Laura Spăriosu (Editor), Maria-Alexandra Pantea (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography, Ethnohistory
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Romanian‑Ruthenian studies; cultural dialogue; interdisciplinary research; identity and language; Central and Eastern Europe;
Summary/Abstract: Romanian and Ruthenian Studies – Current Relevance, Challenges, and Perspectives brings together the contributions of an impressive number of researchers dedicated to the cultural and academic dialogue between the Romanian and Ruthenian spheres. The volume explores major contemporary themes—from identity, language, and philosophy to literature, history, tradition, and education. Its interdisciplinary approaches highlight the deep connections between the two cultures, revealing both their shared heritage and the modern dynamics of linguistic, literary, and educational transformations. Through the variety of its studies and the timeliness of its interpretations, this work addresses philologists, historians, anthropologists, education specialists, and all those interested in the multicultural spaces of Central and Eastern Europe. An essential volume for understanding the present and opening new perspectives on the future of Romanian‑Ruthenian research.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-630-6728-41-1
- Page Count: 421
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: Romanian, Serbian
ОД ЛЕКТОРАТА ЗА РУСКИ АЗИК ПО ОДДЗЕЛЕНЕ ЗА РУСИНИСТИКУ
ОД ЛЕКТОРАТА ЗА РУСКИ АЗИК ПО
ОДДЗЕЛЕНЕ ЗА РУСИНИСТИКУ
(FROM THE LECTURER FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN STUDIES)
- Author(s):Фейса Михайло
- Language:Serbian
- Subject(s):History, Language studies, Social history, Language acquisition, Non-European Languages
- Page Range:2-23
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Lectureship of the Ruthenian Language; Study Group of the Ruthenian Language and Literature; Department of the Ruthenian Language and Literature; Department of Ruthenian Studies; Ruthenian Studies, Ruthenians; minorities in Vojvodina/Serbia.
- Summary/Abstract:Since the members of the Ruthenian minority have the right to be educated in their native language and to attend classes that focus on the minority’s history and culture the Ruthenian-Language Educational Vertical in Vojvodina/Serbia has been established. It ranges from preschool education to the university level. The Department of Ruthenian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad is at the top of the educational vertical. It began as a Lectureship of the Ruthenian Language, which was established in 1972. In 1981 it became the Study Group of the Ruthenian Language and Literature and in 1983 the Department for the Ruthenian Language and Literature. Today it is the Department of Ruthenian Studies. The author describes the development path from the Lectureship of the Ruthenian Language to the Department of Ruthenian Studies. He pays special attention to the major works of the teachers of the Department of Ruthenian Language and Literature / Department of Ruthenian Studies. So far, 64 students have graduated from the Department of Ruthenian Language and Literature / Department of Ruthenian Studies. Obtaining the ISO-code for the Ruthenian language (rsk) in 2022 is of extremely great significance, since, among other things, it enables computer translation. The present projects of the Department are aimed at enabling the members of the Ruthenian national community to integrate more significantly into life in modern society, i.e. in the digital era.
(NE)CUVÂNTUL ȘI CREAȚIA ARTISTICĂ ÎNCHINATĂ DIVINITĂȚII ÎN POEZIA LUI TRAIAN DORZ
(NE)CUVÂNTUL ȘI CREAȚIA ARTISTICĂ
ÎNCHINATĂ DIVINITĂȚII
ÎN POEZIA LUI TRAIAN DORZ
((UN)WORD AND ARTISTIC CREATION
WORSHIP OF THE DIVINITY
IN THE POETRY OF TRAIAN DORZ)
- Author(s):Florina-Maria Băcilă
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Social history, Religion and science , History of Religion, Psychology of Religion
- Page Range:25-43
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:Stylistics; mystical-religious poetry; textual construction; (non)word; Traian Dorz.
- Summary/Abstract:The current paper aims at continuing the research (materialised in other studies already published) regarding the relationship between the semantic field of silence (tăcere) in Traian Dorz's poetry, a fundamental concept for his lyrical work, and the act of artistic creation, considering spiritual experiences which decisively marked the author's existential path. Such lyrical mystical creations materialize confessions of faith, dogmatic truths, put together in a poetic vision full of divine revelation proofs which transcend, without hesitation, the dimensions of reason. We will highlight the fact that the absence / the impossibility of transposing the emotions and the confessions (proper to the auctorial self) in common words or in lyrics represent, in fact, a special manner of communicating with the Divinity, as a manifestation of the feeling of sacrality, in the absence of which the bond between the soul and God (earthly and in eternity) is unconceivable.
TRANSFER LINGVISTIC: OPINIILE STUDENȚILOR ROMÂNI DESPRE TRADUCEREA DIN L1 ÎN L2 ÎN ASPECTELE GRAMATICALE ȘI LEXICALE
TRANSFER LINGVISTIC:
OPINIILE STUDENȚILOR ROMÂNI DESPRE TRADUCEREA DIN L1 ÎN L2 ÎN ASPECTELE GRAMATICALE ȘI LEXICALE
(LANGUAGE TRANSFER:
ROMANIAN STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON TRANSLATION FROM L1 TO L2 IN GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECTS)
- Author(s):Silvia-Maria Chireac
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
- Page Range:44-59
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:translation; Romance languages; learning process; teacher training; teacher education.
- Summary/Abstract:This study explores and analyzes the perspectives of Romanian students, whose first language is Romanian, on the teaching and learning of inverse translation, particularly regarding grammatical and lexical aspects. The research involved 30 Romanian students who were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed and subsequently analyzed. The data were interpreted based on the theory of linguistic transfer between languages and on students' reflections about the translation teaching-learning process. The findings suggest that, due to the close relationship between Romance languages, translating from L1 into L2 may lead to grammatical and semantic errors. Furthermore, it is recommended that instructors undergo training in L1–L2 translation in order to acquire pedagogical and methodological tools that they can effectively apply in the classroom.
PORECLE REFLECTATE ÎN COMENTARIILE METALINGVISTICE (PE BAZA NALR)
PORECLE REFLECTATE ÎN
COMENTARIILE METALINGVISTICE
(PE BAZA NALR)
(NICKNAMES REFLECTED IN
METALINGUISTIC COMMENTS
(BASED ON NALR))
- Author(s):Rozalia Colciar
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
- Page Range:60-74
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:nickname; metalinguistic commentary;linguistic atlas; affective content; traditional mentality.
- Summary/Abstract:Our work approaches the non-conventional/unofficial onomastic information provided by the metalinguistic comments of the informants, within the dialect surveys carried out for the Dacoromanian territory, namely nicknames, also known as “taunt names” or “names of shame”. The information is usually contained by the legends of the maps and of the lists of unmapped material in linguistic atlases. As in the case of irony and common names appellatives, the nickname is one of the mechanisms of pragmatic type that the speaker uses to criticize or ridicule various aspects that do not conform to the norms and patterns specific to the traditional mentality, whether it is about aspects related to the human body or behaviours. These unofficial onomastic forms, having an affective content, analysed semantically and structurally, are expressed through linguistic mechanisms such as appellative, metaphor or metonymy. They are based on terms that refer to physical, mental, moral or behavioural characteristics (including speech defects), flora, fauna, household objects, food, etc. Structurally, the comments show a preference for a single term, but there are also nicknames based on compound words or expressions. It can be stated that the nicknames analysed in the present work reflect, in addition to the linguistic awareness of the speaker, the social relations between the members of the community, as well as the creativity of the denominators.
DOUĂ LEXEME CONEXE: NATURĂ ȘI VEGETAL ÎN FILOSOFIA LUI CIORAN
DOUĂ LEXEME CONEXE:
NATURĂ ȘI VEGETAL
ÎN FILOSOFIA LUI CIORAN
(TWO RELATED LEXEMES:
NATURE AND VEGETABLE
IN CIORAN'S PHILOSOPHY)
- Author(s):Simona Constantinovici
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:75-90
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Cioran; philosophy; nature; vegetal; lexis
- Summary/Abstract:In Emil Cioran’s philosophy, two key terms, nature and vegetal, create complex networks of meaning. Identifying the contexts in which these related language units appear and situating them within the horizon of predilected semantic fields constitute preliminary stages of this study, followed by an analysis from a stylistic perspective. Two criteria will be important: the frequency and arrangement of lexemes at the phrase level. Vegetal is not, by lexicographical definition, a philosophical term. If we were to certify it according to this criterion, it would be placed in a completely different configuration, which is eminently related to botany and all the subcategories generated by this specialized framework. The association of vegetal with lexemes that define abstract realities, such as aspiration, longing, melancholy, nostalgia, regret, and death, constantly engages Cioran’s discourse on the axis of semantic contrast. Nature, on the other hand, with which the lexeme vegetal is associated ab origine, has created, starting with Aristotle, a vast history. The polysemic character of this word transforms it into a fundamental unit. No philosophical vocabulary could ignore a functional element that underlies all things. Nature is of „ontic orientation”, it is „essence” (of things), a generic substance, a creative impulse. Martin Heidegger considered it „the founding word of inaugural thought” (Cassin 2020, 827). In his early writings, Emil Cioran speaks of the „intrinsic nature of being” (Cioran I CA, 2012, 194) or invokes the existence of „dimensions of nature in the soul” (Cioran I AG 2012, 851). Therefore, what will result from this endeavor could constitute a true addendum to the already existing Dictionary of Cioranian Terms.
TIPURI DE DISCURS GENERATOARE DE CUNOAȘTERE PRIN STUDIUL LIMBII ȘI AL LITERATURII ROMÂNE
TIPURI DE DISCURS GENERATOARE
DE CUNOAȘTERE
PRIN STUDIUL LIMBII ȘI AL LITERATURII ROMÂNE
(TYPES OF DISCOURSE THAT GENERATE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)
- Author(s):Daiana Felecan, Simona KONRADI
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Philosophy, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
- Page Range:91-110
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:discourse; knowledge; unification; interdisciplinarity; perception.
- Summary/Abstract:Human knowledge is based on thoughts, words and experiences, and it connects the human being to reality and to itself in a holistic, unifying perspective. From this viewpoint, the study of Romanian language and literature is fruitful when it implies the approach of various types of discourse which allow for multiple connections. The association between literary and non-literary discourses, as well as between artistic and scientific or religious discourses generates innovative learning contexts which can turn information into knowledge. The consideration of topics through several filters of perception ensures a different dynamic for the reading and understanding of a text. The exercise of reflecting on language stimulates students’ cognitive dimension, their emotions and creativity.This paper aims at exploring different types of discourse to facilitate the development of meanings and the establishment of a horizon of expectation that would tally with the dimensions of present-day reality. To this end, the study uses concepts pertaining to the following fields of knowledge: literature, linguistics, art, religion, and physics.
DIMINUTIVAREA ANTROPONIMELOR ÎN LITERATURA ROMÂNEASCĂ – IMPLICAȚII PSIHOLOGICE
DIMINUTIVAREA ANTROPONIMELOR
ÎN LITERATURA ROMÂNEASCĂ – IMPLICAȚII PSIHOLOGICE
(THE DIMINUTION OF ANTHROPONYMS
IN ROMANIAN LITERATURE – PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS)
- Author(s):Silvia Iluț
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Psychology, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Educational Psychology
- Page Range:111-126
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:diminutive; literary onomastics; proper nouns; stylistics; psychological implications.
- Summary/Abstract:The objective of the present work is to identify the expressive valencies of names and denominations in the Romanian realist literary works and the decoding of the relation between the name and its bearer. There is also a logical rapport between the name and the literary character which will be discussed in the present work.The research is based on a thorough analysis, as our aim is to approach literary anthroponyms from a triple perspective: etymological, stylistic and contextual-connotative. In order to illustrate the afore mentioned aspects, we begin our analysis with the literary and symbolistic functions of the characters ’names, the act of denomination representing a modality through which the characters are created and individualized. The diminutivization of names transcends social and ideological factors, becoming manifestations of psychological “forces”.Starting from the premise that the names of the heroes from fictional creations carry linguistic but also psychosociocultural meanings, our research aims to presume the connection between the diminutive names of the actors and their verbal/social/psychological behavior or destiny in the work.The methodology of the present essay is characteristic to the field of onomastics, semantics, stylistics, theory of literary criticism and theory of literature. The corpus of the present work finds its source within the romanian realist literary creation.
PRENUME ROMÂNEȘTI ȘI UCRAINENE – ÎNTRE TRADIȚIE ȘI INOVAȚIE
PRENUME ROMÂNEȘTI ȘI UCRAINENE –
ÎNTRE TRADIȚIE ȘI INOVAȚIE
(ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN SURNAMES –
BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION)
- Author(s):Adelina Emilia Mihali, Oliviu Felecan
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Ethnohistory, Romanian Literature
- Page Range:127-143
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:first names; Romanian; Ukrainian; dynamics; innovation
- Summary/Abstract:The present study sociolinguistically analyzes given names in the cross-border area of the Tisza River, between Ukraine and Romania, specifically Transcarpathia and Maramureș. The corpus of the study consists of given names extracted from Civil Status Registers. Births and parish records from two localities on the right side of the Tisza, Slatina and Biserica Albă, both with a predominantly Romanian population, and from localities with a predominantly Ukrainian population on the left side of the Tisza: Rona de Sus, or with a mixed population: Sighetu Marmației. The research aims to identify anthroponymic interferences between the two ethnic groups, Romanians and Ukrainians. The article seeks to determine the frequency and degree of preservation of traditional first names, as well as the factors underlying their dynamics in the two investigated areas. It aims to answer the following questions: 1. What are the common first names in the Ukrainian community on the left side of the Tisza and in the Romanian community on the right side of the Tisza?; 2. What is the proportion of Romanian/Western first names among Ukrainians and, conversely, among Romanians in Transcarpathia?; 3. What are the factors that have led to the preservation/renewal of the anthroponymic register in the studied area?. The analysis of the dynamics of first names, based on linguistic and statistical methods, provides an overview of the effects that migration and "fashion" have on the choice of names for newborns, the balance between anthroponymic tradition and innovation, as well as the relationship between ethnic identity and openness to the West.
SENSURI ALE LEXEMELOR OCHI ȘI URECHE ÎN EXPRESII ȘI LOCUȚIUNI
SENSURI ALE LEXEMELOR
OCHI ȘI URECHE ÎN EXPRESII ȘI LOCUȚIUNI
(SENSES OF LEXEMES
EYES AND EARS IN EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS)
- Author(s):Laura Spăriosu, Sara Mândrea, Suzana Milošević
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Education, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature
- Page Range:144-157
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:expression; locution; eye, ear;
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this paper is to achieve an overview of the meanings of the lexemes eye and ear in expressions and locutions. By researching explanatory dictionaries, dictionaries of phrases and locutions, academic dictionaries, orthographic, orthoepic and morphological dictionaries and slang dictionaries, the intention is to identify and clarify the meaning of these word combinations centered around the keyword, used both in their own sense and and figuratively.
IPOSTAZE IDENTITARE FEMININE ȘI ONOMASTICA ÎN EPOPEEA LUI VERGILIUS
IPOSTAZE IDENTITARE FEMININE ȘI
ONOMASTICA ÎN EPOPEEA LUI VERGILIUS
(FEMALE IDENTITY HYPOSTASES AND ONOMASTICS IN THE EPIC OF VERGILIUS)
- Author(s):Diana DIMIRACHE, Diana-Maria Dimirache (Rist)
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Studies of Literature
- Page Range:160-177
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:female figures; simbonyms; epic literature; mythonyms
- Summary/Abstract:Literary characters often conceal, beyond aesthetic canons and conventional patterns, identity constructs that reflect the socio-cultural reality of the era that produced them. Their function is either to veil a satirical message or to symbolically encode representations of social archetypes. This technique is masterfully employed by Virgil in the Aeneid, where he allegorically portrays various female typologies characteristic of the Augustan age, thereby opening significant hermeneutic avenues. Within this framework, our analysis will integrate not only interpretative semantics and literary exegesis but also onomastic inquiry. The multidisciplinary nature of this approach will yield a nuanced literary investigation, unveiling an intricate network of symbols and meanings that illuminate the socio-cultural dimensions embedded in the epic narrative.The Aeneid offers an extensive repertoire of female names and figures deeply rooted in the collective consciousness, incorporating invariant cultural models and recurring narrative motifs. The analysis of "simbonyms" allows for the articulation of literary functions that encode messages with both historical and mythical significance. This study aims to elucidate the psychosocial and literary mechanisms underlying the naming of female characters while emphasizing their cultural and aesthetic values. From a methodological perspective, this research adopts an interdisciplinary framework, drawing upon sociolinguistics, anthroponymy, stylistics, and literary criticism.
ESTETICA FRAGMENTĂRII: CUBISM ȘI PERCEPȚIE INFANTILĂ ÎN POEZIA DE RĂZBOI A LUI NICHITA STĂNESCU
ESTETICA FRAGMENTĂRII:
CUBISM ȘI PERCEPȚIE INFANTILĂ ÎN
POEZIA DE RĂZBOI A LUI NICHITA STĂNESCU
(THE AESTHETICS OF FRAGMENTATION:
CUBSIM AND CHILDREN'S PERCEPTION IN
NICHITA STĂNESCU'S WAR POETRY)
- Author(s):Silvia Giurgiu
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, History of Art
- Page Range:178-192
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Nichita Stănescu; Picasso; cubism; soldier; ekphrasis; avant-gardism
- Summary/Abstract:The war that Nichita Stănescu witnessed during his childhood became one of the central themes of his poetry, providing the figure that would come to symbolize the poet himself: the soldier. Critics have remarked on a certain childlike quality in his poetic vision, interpreting it either as a playful evasion of trauma or as a regression into a childhood that functions as an apocalyptic point of origin for the subject’s relationship with life, the world, and the self. Yet the child’s perspective is not merely biographical; it is also conceptually significant. War, as perceived by a child, is presented as a phenomenon whose meaning lies beyond the subject’s cognitive grasp. What emerges are disjointed images and fragmented impressions that appear intuitively sensed rather than fully understood—lacking a coherent narrative or structured significance. In this regard, Stănescu’s war-themed poems invite comparison with Cubist painting, some of them even evoking visual motifs reminiscent of Picasso’s iconic Guernica. It may be argued that, to some extent, Stănescu was continuing the avant-garde project, which had reached an impasse during that historical moment.
DEVENIRI RUTENE DE IERI ȘI DE AZI – APOCALIPSA RUSINĂ DE FRANCISC OSCAR GAÁL
DEVENIRI RUTENE DE IERI ȘI DE AZI –
APOCALIPSA RUSINĂ DE FRANCISC OSCAR GAÁL
(RUTENIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY –
THE SHAMEFUL APOCALYPSE BY FRANCISC OSCAR GAÁL)
- Author(s):Raluca Giurgiulescu
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
- Page Range:193-209
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:culture; ethnicity; poetics; history; disclosure;
- Summary/Abstract:Ethnicity, ethnic belonging has always represented elements that require the most complex approaches, capable of capturing both historical and social and cultural particularities. The movement to revive the Ruthenian identity in the Central Eastern European space has old roots, but it experienced a considerable development in the nineties, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The good communication between the Ruthenians located in different state territories, corroborated with the specific political approaches and the promotion of some cultural activities, led to a new stage in the distinct affirmation of the Ruthenian identity. Although it is aware of the theory of Ruthenism, the present study is not of a philo-Ruthean type but aims to critically analyse a literary endeavour undertaken by a writer belonging to this ethnicity. Given the fact that the object of the research is a historical novel, Apocalipsa rusină (Ruthenian Apocalypse) by Francisc Oscar Gaál, the connection with certain elements related to the history of the Ruthenians becomes - sine qua non - a theoretical component of the research. Beyond the level of historical reception, which confers an ontic type of vision and generates the remaking of an era, the study pursues elements of the novel's poetics, literary comparatism, as well as identifying the mechanisms of objective reading.
ANTROPOMORFISMUL ÎN ROMANELE COLETTIENE TRADUSE ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ
ANTROPOMORFISMUL
ÎN ROMANELE COLETTIENE
TRADUSE ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ
(ANTHROPOMORPHISM
IN COLLETTI'S NOVELS
TRANSLATED INTO ROMANIAN)
- Author(s):Adriana Ieremciuc
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Romanian Literature
- Page Range:210-224
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:inventory; anthropomorphism; animalistic; Colette; novels.
- Summary/Abstract:Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, known simply as Colette, was a modernist writer from France whose works remain relevant to this day due to their substance. Although her novels are relatively short, Colette conveys an apparent ease that actually masks deeper, more obscure realities. Her texts can be subjected to multifaceted analyses, ultimately revealing the depth of her thought. This work aims to explore the significance of the animal world in her novels translated into Romanian: The Vagabond, Duo, Chéri, and The End of Chéri. Considering animals superior to humans, Colette creates a veritable encyclopedia within the pages of her literature, cataloging the entire animal kingdom – from tiny insects to imposing mammals. In the mentioned novels, we find animal comparisons used to attribute characteristics of animals to human characters. Of all the animals, the dog and the cat occupy a leading role. The contexts in which these mammals appear give rise to a real inventory of human sensations and states, such as patience, naivety, curiosity, affection, and a contemplative spirit, among others. These will be exemplified to identify those constants that provide specificity to Colette's writing. In this way, we aim to demonstrate how Colette's texts evoke her intimacy with small creatures, her sympathy for them, and her desire to understand them, reaching a point where the writer equates human characters with representations of animals.
LEGĂTURA DINTRE LITERATURA DOUĂMIISTĂ ȘI STUDIILE DE TIP WORLD LITERATURE
LEGĂTURA
DINTRE LITERATURA DOUĂMIISTĂ
ȘI STUDIILE DE TIP WORLD LITERATURE
(THE LINK
BETWEEN TWENTIETH LITERATURE
AND WORLD LITERATURE STUDIES)
- Author(s):Ionuța Ilieș
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:225-239
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:2000s Literature; World Literature; Transnationality;
- Summary/Abstract:Based on themes that address issues of everyday life, the literature of the 2000s transcends the boundaries of local culture and integrates into the global literary market. From this perspective, it is interesting to analyze how the merit of this literature lies in its ability to clearly depict contemporary societal issues while integrating into a global literary system that tends to surpass the one of its culture of origin. Thus, rethinking literature in relation to a global, transnational framework is the starting point of studies in the field of World Literature. In the literature of the 2000s, the discussion of themes beyond communism—such as the institution of the family, the body, eroticism, sexuality and homosexuality, illness—is shaped by the target audience, which is unfamiliar with communist experiences, unlike representatives of previous generations who were either actors or witnesses to those events. An approach to the literature of the 2000s within a global framework is based on the premise that a literary work becomes relevant to a reader depending on the connection established between the themes addressed by the writer and the daily concerns and interests of the society in which they live. Building on this idea, the present paper aims to demonstrate that the literature of the 2000s is a literature of consumption, reception, and audience, adapted to contemporary times and global models, where, thematically, the impact of serious everyday issues is particularly visible in the sphere of intimate relationships.
PETRU KRDU: BIOGRAFSKA I BIBLIOGRAFSKA STUDIJA S OSVRTOM NA ODABRANA DELA
PETRU KRDU:
BIOGRAFSKA I BIBLIOGRAFSKA STUDIJA
S OSVRTOM NA ODABRANA DELA
(PETER KRDU:
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY STUDY
WITH REFERENCE TO SELECTED WORKS)
- Author(s):Ivana Miškeljin, Mario Liguori, Danka Ivošević
- Language:Serbian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature
- Page Range:240-253
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Petru Krdu; biography; bibliography; poems; reviews;
- Summary/Abstract:The purpose of the paper is to remind of and highlight the most relevant facts related to the versatile personality, literary work and legacy of the most prolific Romanian author in Serbia, Petru Krdu, drawing on the bibliography compiled for this purpose, primary and secondary sources with reference to his selected works, namely the books of poetry: The Trapped Strawberry and Pronouns. Krdu was highly active on our cultural scene for more than four decades as a poet, literary translator, anthologist, chronicler, literary critic, journalist for the Radio-Television of Vojvodina, the editor-in-chief of the Radio of Novi Sad, the founder and editor-in-chief of Kovine Journal, the president and editor of the association of hometown writers and the publishing house, the Literary Municipality of Vršac, the originator of the prestigious European Poetry Award, an essayist, thinker and successful dabbler in drawing and painting. For the purpose of this paper Krdu’s bibliography has been compiled. It comprises 501 bibliographical units drawn from the common bibliographic-catalogue database COBIB.RS. The relevant data were derived from the compiled registers of the authors whose work was translated by Krdu, the authors who translated the works of Krdu, the book titles and contributions by Krdu, the book titles and contributions translated by Krdu, the titles of Krdu’s translated books and contributions, the journals containing Krdu’s contributions and translated contributions, and book publishers. The paper should also facilitate any future research related to this author, which he undoubtedly deserves.
PERSONAJELE EMMA BOVARY ȘI EMILIA RĂCHITARU PREZENTATE ÎN LITERATURĂ, RESPECTIV ÎN ARTA CINEMATOGRAFICĂ
PERSONAJELE EMMA BOVARY ȘI EMILIA RĂCHITARU
PREZENTATE ÎN LITERATURĂ,
RESPECTIV ÎN ARTA CINEMATOGRAFICĂ
(THE CHARACTERS EMMA BOVARY AND EMILIA RĂCHITARU
PRESENTED IN LITERATURE,
RESPECTIVELY IN CINEMATOGRAPHY)
- Author(s):Mirela Corina Nițu (Samoilă)
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
- Page Range:254-270
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Bovarism; Emma Bovary; Emilia Răchitaru; comparative literature; cinematic adaptations.
- Summary/Abstract:Bovarism, defined as a conflict between idealistic aspirations and concrete reality, is a literary, psychological, and sociological phenomenon initially analysed through the character of Emma Bovary in Gustave Flaubert’s novel. The concept has since expanded its significance, becoming relevant to other literary works such as The Bed of Procrustes (Patul lui Procust) by Camil Petrescu, where Emilia Răchitaru embodies an adapted interpretation of this phenomenon within Romanian literature.This study aims to investigate bovarism as a universal literary theme, focusing on the similarities and differences between Emma Bovary and Emilia Răchitaru. Additionally, it explores how this concept is represented in cinematic adaptations of the two characters, analysing the role of film in understanding and popularising the theme. Methodology. The research employs a comparative analysis of literary texts and cinematic adaptations. An interdisciplinary approach has been used, incorporating literary, and cultural perspectives to unveil the complexity of bovarism. The study also includes symbolic interpretations of the characters’ names and their social environments, correlated with specific cultural contexts. Emma Bovary and Emilia Răchitaru, although originating from distinct cultural spaces, share fundamental traits of bovarism, both grappling with the tension between idealism and reality. The research highlights the role of society and the men in their lives in exacerbating their existential dissatisfaction. Film adaptations have significantly contributed to the popularisation of these characters, with portrayals varying based on directorial vision. Bovarism emerges as a universal concept applicable across diverse literary and cultural contexts. The comparative analysis underscores the necessity of interdisciplinary reinterpretations of the phenomenon and highlights its potential to provide valuable insights in literature, cinema, and education. Future studies could extend the analysis of bovarism to other literatures and cultural frameworks, thereby consolidating its contemporary relevance.
BENJAMIN FUNDOIANU UN SCRIITOR PLURIVALENT
BENJAMIN FUNDOIANU
UN SCRIITOR PLURIVALENT
(BENJAMIN FUNDOIANU
A MULTIVALENT WRITER)
- Author(s):Costinel-Iulian Partenie
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:271-289
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:Benjamin Fundoianu; plurivalency; 20th century; works;
- Summary/Abstract:The work of Benjamin Fundoianu, later known as Benjamin Fondane, is complex as it follows multiple directions: the translation into Romanian and promotion of texts by Jewish writers, the French translation of already established Romanian authors, essays on various themes (literature, cinema, philosophy, etc.), as well as literary and cultural criticism. From a young age, Benjamin Fundoianu showed an interest and inclination toward what we could call curiosity, as all the literary exercises he undertook throughout his life serve as proof of his need to understand the world he was part of and was "obliged" to describe and discuss. We believe the aim of these intellectual struggles was, firstly, the desire to understand, but secondly, the need to identify his own being in relation to the world around him. The historical context, characterized by strong dynamism, favored the meditative, contemplative side of writer Benjamin Fundoianu, who never missed an opportunity to question his own existence.The present work aims to highlight the plurality of directions in which Benjamin Fundoianu’s work developed, an aspect that allowed him to stand out in the cultural landscape of his time, being one of the most prolific writers of the early 20th century who defied and astonished an entire nation with his modernist ideas. The radicalism of some of his ideas does not diminish the value of the texts he left behind, but it did provoke reactions from some of his contemporaries and placed him in a marginal space for several decades. Benjamin Fundoianu's work is polyvalent, reflecting the turmoil of his biographical background. The literary alternation between Fundoianu and Fondane marks the two periods of creation that the author himself was aware of.
MEMORIALISTICA LINGVIȘTILOR. TEHNICA PORTRETULUI LA ALEXANDRU ROSETTI
MEMORIALISTICA LINGVIȘTILOR.
TEHNICA PORTRETULUI LA ALEXANDRU ROSETTI
(LINGUISTS' MEMORIALS.
THE PORTRAIT TECHNIQUE OF ALEXANDER ROSETTI)
- Author(s):Elena-Camelia Zăbavă
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Theory of Literature
- Page Range:290-304
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:linguist; memoirs; portrait; style; authenticity
- Summary/Abstract:The work proposed for this volume is part of a larger project, dedicated to the analysis of the memoirs of the most famous Romanian linguists. These writings are not subject to strict rules, since they capitalise on certain types of memory and refer to an interdisciplinary approach. In the gallery of creators of remarkable memoirs of documentary, instructive and literary value, we also find the names of great linguists such as Sextil Pușcariu, Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Rosetti, Tatiana Slama-Cazacu, Sanda Golopenția-Eretescu, Marius Sala, Grigore Brâncuș. The object of the present article is to study the portrait technique in the linguist Alexandru Rosetti`s memoirs. The objective of our research is to demonstrate that linguists show literary talent in their memoirs, thus dispelling the idea that they have a ”dry” writing style, and that their writings cannot be compatible with literature. To achieve our aim, we used stylistic analysis as a research method. Tracing the narrative construction of the text as well as the stylistic elements used, while at the same time building on our previous research, we can observe, as a first result, that the predilection for portraiture can be considered a common feature of the memoirs of the linguists.The conclusion to be reached after analyzing the portraits created by Al. Rosetti, is that the linguist creates, in his own style, concise and concentrated, reminiscent of the technique of diary pages, portraits of great personalities of Romanian or universal culture. These include Ion Bianu, Paul Zarifopol, Matei Caragiale, Vasile Bogrea, Tudor Vianu, Mihail Ralea, Grigore C. Moisil, Camil Petrescu, D. Panaitescu-Perpessicius, Theodor Pallady, B. P. Hasdeu, Ovid Densusianu, Ion-Aurel Candrea, Antoine Meillet, Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde, André Gide, Kafka, Camus etc.
ROMÂNIA ȘI BALCANII ÎN DEZBATERILE PARLAMENTULUI DE LA BUCUREȘTI (1900-1903)
ROMÂNIA ȘI BALCANII ÎN DEZBATERILE
PARLAMENTULUI DE LA BUCUREȘTI (1900-1903)
(ROMANIA AND THE BALKANS IN THE DEBATES OF THE BUCHAREST PARLIAMENT (1900-1903))
- Author(s):Sebastian-Dragos Bunghez
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Recent History (1900 till today)
- Page Range:306-321
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Romania; Parliament; debates; Balkan Peninsula; Aromanians
- Summary/Abstract:At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Romania navigated a delicate geopolitical situation. Positioned between powerful neighbors (Russia and Austria-Hungary) and smaller Balkan states (Bulgaria and Serbia), its foreign policy focused on safeguarding its sovereignty. Romania aligned with Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, through a defensive alliance, aiming to counter Russia's expansionist ambitions. In the Balkans, it sought to maintain the status quo, fearing Bulgaria's territorial aspirations, which could threaten Romanian lands like Dobruja. Romania was also deeply concerned about the Aromanians, an ethnic group speaking a Romanian dialect, living under Ottoman rule in the Balkans. These people faced pressures from other Balkan nations, risking denationalization or worse. This concern fueled parliamentary debates in Romania, especially between 1900 and 1903. Key issues included addressing Bulgarian nationalist aggression, fostering trade relations with Greece (despite tensions over the Hellenization of Aromanians), and supporting Aromanian schools and churches. The massacres during the Ilinden uprising and potential administrative reforms in the Ottoman Empire also raised alarms about Aromanian identity preservation. Overall, Romania was passionately engaged in Balkan affairs, balancing its national interests while advocating for vulnerable ethnic kin.
DIVERSITATE ETNICĂ SI CONFESIONALĂ, EVOLUȚIE ȘI MODERNIZARE ÎN ARADUL SECOLELOR XVIII-XIX
DIVERSITATE ETNICĂ SI CONFESIONALĂ,
EVOLUȚIE ȘI MODERNIZARE
ÎN ARADUL SECOLELOR XVIII-XIX
(ETHNIC AND CONFESSIONAL DIVERSITY,
EVOLUTION AND MODERNIZATION
IN ARAD IN THE 18TH-19TH CENTURIES)
- Author(s):Maria Alexandra Pantea
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Social history, Religion and science , Sociology of Religion
- Page Range:322-336
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:colonization; ethnicity; religion; authorities; modernization
- Summary/Abstract:The modernization process felt in parts of Arad in the 18th century is the result of the policy of the Imperial Court. Due to the measures taken by the authorities in Vienna, profound transformations took place, and from the second half of the 18th century a series of "foreign elements" penetrated the archaic Romanian rural world. The social, ethnic, and confessional situation in the Arad Plain’s localities at the beginning of the 19th century is the result of colonizations, and the modernization process. The colonization of the Romanian villages of the Arad Plain by Slovaks, Hungarians and Germans in the first half of the 19th century led to an impulse in economic development, which made modernization penetrate Romanian society in the middle of the 19th century. As a result of the measures taken by the state authorities, at the beginning of the 19th century an ethnic and confessional diversity appeared, which made ethnicity no longer confused with religion. We can see that in the 19th century and early 20th century, Romanians from parts of Arad lived alongside Serbs, Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks and Jews, but they affirmed their own national identity.
NODUL – SIMBOL ARHETIPAL
NODUL – SIMBOL ARHETIPAL
(THE KNOT – ARCHETYPAL SYMBOL)
- Author(s):Delia Anamaria Răchișan
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
- Page Range:337-354
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:knot; archetypal symbol; sacred; profane; cultural space;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper aims to highlight the fact that the knot represents an archetypal symbol, a universalia found across various cultural spaces. It reveals unity in diversity and a range of binaries: tying-untying, benign-malignant, sacred-profane. At first glance, the knot might seem trivial, but it proves to be complex. At the symbolic level, the knot encapsulates the essence of life and becomes a generator of destinies. Thus, the knot binds and unbinds the fate of human beings or even humanity’s destiny. The knot’s ambivalence determines its positioning between auspicious and inauspicious. The ontological universe of the Romanian village offers generous examples in this regard: for instance, the thread of the trinket [mărțișor - a traditional amulet] must be tied three times because the evil eye and malevolent forces are believed to stop at the level of the knots, protecting the wearer (apotropaic function). A knot also intersects and creates a blockage. Therefore, a pregnant woman in the countryside would never wear a coat knotted at the level of the abdomen. Similarly, the knotted waistband is an indispensable item in magical rituals (believed to ward off the Forest Maiden). The knotted woolen sash, untied by the groom on the wedding night, evokes the Herculean knot of love. The Gordian knot signifies a major problem, while the knot of Isis suggests immortality. The traditional knot from Maramureș County, featuring jingles attached to traditional gates, filigree, spindles, keychains, or artisan bottles, evokes the sacred Dacian knot with its hollow center, which must be distinctly separated from the Unclean's knot with a solid center. The knot represents an indispensable archetypal symbol for any cultural space.
POTREBE NASTAVNIKA U FUNKCIJI EFIKASNE PRIMENE IKT ALATA U NASTAVI U OSNOVNIM ŠKOLAMA U VOJVODINI
POTREBE NASTAVNIKA U FUNKCIJI EFIKASNE
PRIMENE IKT ALATA
U NASTAVI U OSNOVNIM ŠKOLAMA U VOJVODINI
(NEEDS OF TEACHERS IN THE FUNCTION OF EFFICIENT APPLICATION OF ICT TOOLS IN TEACHING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN VOJVODINA)
- Author(s):Silvia Ilić
- Language:Serbian
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Library and Information Science, Education and training, Special Branches of Philosophy, School education, Vocational Education, Editorial, Philosophy of Education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:356-378
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:ICT; teaching metodologz; innovations; teachers;
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this research is related to the opinions and experiences of teachers regarding the use of information-communication and multimedia technologies and the Internet in teaching in primary schools, as well as the possibilities of said technology to improve teaching, in this case at a distance. The results of the new research show that these needs are still current, with teachers estimating that they need each form of support to a lesser extent in 2023 and 2024. The research sample consisted of 1,410 teachers and subject teachers who were employed in primary schools in Vojvodina cities, municipalities and settlements in 2023. It can be concluded that teachers are open to various forms of system support for the implementation of teaching with the application of ICT, but they do not consider this support to be crucial for the achievement of their professional tasks. On the other hand, teachers highly evaluate the need for each of the forms of support for students in classes in which modern media are used, and in connection with which their opinion was questioned, which is a surprising fact, bearing in mind the expansion of the use of information technology during the last decade, especially during the pandemic caused by the covid 19 virus, and especially by children and young people. The research can be described as the need to define the necessary changes in order to improve the current situation in the teaching system. The research was carried out by the Pedagogical Institute of Vojvodina in cooperation with the Center for Research, Consulting and Education of the "Epoha" Publishing Company.
FILOLOGIA SÂRBO (CROATĂ) DE IERI ȘI DE AZI
FILOLOGIA SÂRBO (CROATĂ)
DE IERI ȘI DE AZI
(FILOLOGIA SÂRBO (CROATĂ)
DE IERI ȘI DE AZI)
- Author(s):Octavia Nedelcu
- Language:Romanian
- Subject(s):History, Philosophy, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Special Branches of Philosophy, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Philosophy of Language
- Page Range:380-391
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Serbian language and literature; History; Slavic Philology; Jubilee; University of Bucharest.
- Summary/Abstract:Slavic philology, in its various institutional forms, has a long-standing tradition at the University of Bucharest, from the first lecture by the great Slavic scholar Ioan Bogdan in 1891 on the significance of Slavic studies for Romanian culture, to the Higher Education Reform of 1948, when the first Slavic language lectureships were established. Among these was the Serbian language lectureship, led by Bogoljub Pisarov, beginning in the 1949-1950 academic year, a landmark moment for Serbian studies in Romania. In its current structure, at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, one of the largest and most important higher education institutions of the University of Bucharest, with a rich tradition in teaching foreign languages and literatures, ten Slavic languages are studied: Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Slovak, and Ukrainian. Over the three-quarters of a century of the existence of Serbian (and previously Serbo-Croatian) philology and the continuous teaching of Serbian language and literature at the University of Bucharest, more than 350 specialists have graduated, over 45 generations of students who have successfully pursued careers in higher education, scientific research, pre-university education, diplomacy, culture, journalism, radio, television, multinational corporations, and other fields. This paper aims to provide a brief diachronic and synchronic overview of the Serbian Studies section, covering 75 years of academic activity, challenges, and future perspectives.
УНИВЕРЗИТЕТСКА НАСТАВА СРПСКОГ ЈЕЗИКА У БУКУРЕШТУ: ПОГЛЕД У БУДУЋНОСТ
УНИВЕРЗИТЕТСКА НАСТАВА СРПСКОГ ЈЕЗИКА У БУКУРЕШТУ:
ПОГЛЕД У БУДУЋНОСТ
(UNIVERSITY TEACHING OF SERBIAN LANGUAGE IN BUCHAREST: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE)
- Author(s):Лидија Чолевић
- Language:Serbian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature, Inter-Ethnic Relations
- Page Range:392-408
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:University of Bucharest, status of Serbian language; lecturer of Serbian language; challenges; business Serbian language; Romanian-Serbian relations.
- Summary/Abstract:From a lecturer’s perspective as a teacher at the Department of Russian and Slavic Philology within the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Bucharest, this paper examines the current state of studying Serbian as a foreign language in the Romanian environment. Serbian Language teaching started in Bucharest in 1949. During the past 76 years, The Department of Serbian Language and Literature has undergone successful periods in its development and there is still a solid interest for it. Based on the unique characteristics of unrelated languages such as Serbian and Romanian, we have identified several real-life challenges faced by students of different age groups and levels. These challenges have emerged through our many years of teaching experience. In a competitive market, the Department of Serbian Language and Literature tries to respond to the challenges of the times and to the demands of this "capricious market" by fulfilling the needs of the students who are studying Serbian. Steady progress is impossible, mainly because we are facing historical reversals and adaptations to corporate interests. Due to the digital paradigm of methods and tools that imply the use of digital technologies, numerous adjustments in the teaching of Serbian language have been introduced in the Romanian environment.
