MEMORIALISTICA LINGVIȘTILOR. TEHNICA PORTRETULUI LA ALEXANDRU ROSETTI
LINGUISTS' MEMORIALS. THE PORTRAIT TECHNIQUE OF ALEXANDER ROSETTI

Author(s): Elena-Camelia Zăbavă
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
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.

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