👤Author Name: Alexandru DumitriuAffiliation: Muzeul Național al Literaturii RomâneContact: alexandru.dumitriu.ro@gmail.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: DUMITRIU, Alexandru. „Un centenar între adevăruri și mistificări: Eugen Barbu la judecata de apoi a posterității”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 338–422. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.28Titlul: UN CENTENAR ÎNTRE ADEVĂRURI ȘI MISTIFICĂRI: EUGEN BARBU LA JUDECATA DE APOI A POSTERITĂȚIITitle: A CENTENNIAL BETWEEN TRUTH AND MISTRUTH: EUGEN BARBU AT THE POSTERITY’S LAST JUDGMENTPages: 338–422Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/28_A_Dumitriu.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.28 Abstract: This study concerns the controversy surrounding the life and work of Eugen Barbu (1924–1993), a writer at the forefront of the Romanian literature after World War II, whose birth centennial is this year. On this occasion, the “Eugen Barbu case” has once again been in the centre of attention, causing different reactions, in which the mistruth has overlapped the truth. In the first part, the study analyzes the accusations of plagiarism against one of Barbu’s benchmark novels. In 2016, the “România literară” journal published a file to let it be understood that the novel Groapa (1957) would have encapsulated the micro-novel Hotel Maidan (1935) signed by Stoian Gh. Tudor (1911–1941). Dissected point by point, the evidence on which the demonstration from “România literară” relies, which has been embraced – without…

👤Author Name: Mihai Robert RoșcaAffiliation: Universitatea din București, doctorand al Facultății de LitereContact: robertrosca@yahoo.co.uk 📄Article Citation Recommendation: ROȘCA, Mihai Robert. „Ficțiunea distopică – divertisment sau cântec de lebădă?”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 317–337. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.27Titlul: FICȚIUNEA DISTOPICĂ – DIVERTISMENT SAU CÂNTEC DE LEBĂDĂ?Title: DYSTOPIAN FICTION – ENTERTAINMENT OR SWAN SONG?Pages: 317–337Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/27_M_R_Rosca.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.27 Abstract: Dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction stands out in the contemporary cultural landscape, both in terms of best-selling popular culture products, notably the best-selling novels or blockbuster movies aimed at an YA audience, and increasingly in the high culture sphere. The former contempt of the academia for science fiction has led to a reassessment and “repackaging” by the writers of their works as belonging to the speculative fiction genre. The inner space science fiction, sometimes rebranded as dystopian, cli-fi and post-apocalyptic fiction has gradually moved away from the outer worlds of the hard sci-fi. Several interpretation keys can be discerned from the analysis of the dystopian genre’s profitable market, including collective anguish during what may currently seem to be the End Times, guilt for the climate collapse, spiritual masochistic pleasure, gender issues etc., keeping in mind, though, the obvious peril of oversimplification. The insertion of…

👤Author Name: Zdenka Valent BelićAffiliation: PhD, translator and independent researcherContact: zdenkavb@gmail.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: VALENT BELIĆ, Zdenka. “Deviation From the Standard in the Literary Translation of the Novel The Bride of the Mountains by František Švantner According to the Language Model of the Novel The Wretched by Vidosav Stevanović”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 303–316. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.26Title: DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD IN THE LITERARY TRANSLATION OF THE NOVEL THE BRIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS BY FRANTIŠEK ŠVANTNER ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE MODEL OF THE NOVEL THE WRETCHED BY VIDOSAV STEVANOVIĆPages: 303–316Language: EnglishURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/26_Z_Valent_Belic.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.26 Abstract: The leading work of Slovak literary naturism, the dominant movement in Slo­vak literature of the 1930s and 1940s, The Bride of the Mountains (Nevesta hôľ) by Fran­tišek Švantner, presents a complex, multi-layered, metonymic-metaphorical portrayal of the search for human essence. It represents an effort to understand the world through man’s struggle with himself and the world around him. The characters are strongly connected to nature, which serves as the foundation of the ancient spirit of humanity. They go through a gnoseological hell, recognizing the harmony between the deepest layers of existence and archaic-mythical patterns, as well as ancient and pagan customs. To depict the primal…

👤Author Name: Ana MumovićAffiliation: Institute for Serbian Culture Priština-LeposavićContact: djordj_ana@yahoo.comORCID ID: 0000–0002–6974–8960 📄Article Citation Recommendation: MUMOVIĆ, Ana. “An Overview of the History of Serbian Literature (the History of Literature in The Function of the Development of Literary Criticism)”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 284–302. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.25Title: AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN LITERATURE (THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE FUNCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY CRITICISM)Pages: 284–302Language: EnglishURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/25_A_Mumovic.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.25 Abstract: The paper starts from the crucial fact that the function of literary criticism in Serbian culture was initially performed by the history of literature as the foundational, old­est, and main branch of literary science. An overview of the history of Serbian literature shows that it, valued at the time of its emergence, throughout its duration, and even today, represents the culmination or final products of critical thought synthesis. Therefore, it can be rightly asserted that both the significant national cultural project and the major synthesis of the history of Serbian criticism – The History of Serbian Literary Criticism by Predrag Pala­vestra – emanate from the history of Serbian literature. In its theoretical, methodological, and critical principles, the paper represents a cross-section of ten histories of Serbian literature….

👤Author Name: Jelena Marićević BalaćAffiliation: Assistant professor, Department of Serbian Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi SadContact: jelena.maricevic@ff.uns.ac.rs 📄Article Citation Recommendation: MARIĆEVIĆ BALAĆ, Jelena. “Anastasia Gavrilovici’s Poetry in Serbian Language: Poetic and Intertextual Relations”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 278–283. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.24Title: ANASTASIA GAVRILOVICI’S POETRY IN SERBIAN LANGUAGE: POETIC AND INTERTEXTUAL RELATIONSPages: 278–283Language: EnglishURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/24_J_ Maricevic_Balac.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.24 Abstract: The paper on the poetry of Romanian poet Anastasia Gavrilovici, translated into Serbian by Marija Nenadić, discusses her poetic positioning in relation to Serbian literature and the broader European context. It begins by outlining the fundamental principles of her poetics, based on relevant literature on her poetry in Romanian and English. Then, Anastasia Gavrilovici’s poetry is compared to that of Czech classic Ivan Blatný and Polish Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska. Finally, the paper concludes that her poetry can also be compared to that of the Serbian poets of her generation (Milica Špadijer, Irena Plaović, Milica Drndarević, Katarina Pantović). The goal of the paper is to offer interpretative possibilities for Gavrilović’s poetry in Serbian and within the frameworks of Serbian literary studies through comparative analysis. Keywords: Anastasia Gavrilovici, Romanian poetry, Serbian poetry, European poetry, posthumanism, intertextuality Bibliography “Metacritic Journal for Comparative…

👤Author Name: Magda WächterAffiliation: Cercetător științific II, Institutul „Sextil Puşcariu”Contact: magdawachter@yahoo.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: WÄCHTER, Magda. „Philosophy as World Literature”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 265–277. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.23Title: PHILOSOPHY AS WORLD LITERATUREPages: 265–277Language: EnglishURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/23_M_Watcher.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.23 Abstract: Since the relation between philosophy and literature has been a traditional topic of debate, mostly since the late 1970s and the mid 1980s, through the works of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Mann and Geoffrey H. Hartman, its reconsideration from the position of world literature might broaden both the concept of literature and that of philosophy. The fluid lines between the two disciplines, viewed as such according to continental philosophical thinking from existentialism to poststructuralism, may lead to the concept of world philosophy as world literature, already explored from various particular perspectives in collective volumes and studied as an academic discipline. Such enterprises come to complete the picture of the multiperspectival connection between the two “sister arts”, surveyed in previous collective researches dealing with topics like: philosophy as literature, the philosophy of literature, philosophy in literature, literary genres and literary style in philosophical discourse, or the intermediary status of literary theory. Keywords: world literature, philosophy, multiculturalism, cross-studies, interdisciplinarity Bibliography BOELDERL, Arthur R., An…

👤Author Name: Ana SovianyAffiliation: Doctorand, Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea din BucureștiContact: ana.soviany@gmail.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: SOVIANY, Ana. „Experiența presenzorială (primordială) a sacrului: Legenda despre Adam și Eva”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 255–264. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.22Titlul: EXPERIENȚA PRESENZORIALĂ (PRIMORDIALĂ) A SACRULUI: LEGENDA DESPRE ADAM ȘI EVATitle: THE PRESENSORY (PRIMORDIAL) EXPERIENCE OF THE SACRED: THE LEGEND OF ADAM AND EVEPages: 255–264Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/22_A_Soviany.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.22 Abstract: This paper examines, from the perspective of recent sensory studies, a gene­rally overlooked aspect of the apocryphal legend of Adam and Eve, with special reference to the oldest Romanian version dating back to the 17th century. Based on a rich interna­tional bibliography in the field of adjacent medieval studies, the issue of temptation and original sin, with the associated moral-religious implications, is specifically investigated by analyzing the representation and codification of the senses of the Adamic couple. Keywords: sensory, legend, Adam and Eve, apocryphal, temptation Bibliography Surse primare: *** Apocalipsa lui Pavel, traducere de Smaranda Bădiliță și Cristian Bădiliță. Iași: Editura Polirom, 1997. *** „Legenda despre Adam și Eva”, în Mihai Moraru, Vechi legende apocrife. București: Editura Adam, 2005. *** „Viața sfântului Macarie Râmleanul”, în Mihai Moraru, Vechi legende apocrife.București: Editura Adam, 2005. *** „Viața Sfântulu…

👤Author Name: Dorin GarofeanuAffiliation: Cercetător Științific III, Institutul de Istorie și Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu”Contact: corina.soare63@gmail.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: GAROFEANU, Dorin. „Crossing Dreams: the Neglected Dreams of the Homeric Poems and the Poetics of Epic”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, 240–254. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.21Title: CROSSING DREAMS: THE NEGLECTED DREAMS OF THE HOMERIC POEMS AND THE POETICS OF EPICPages: 240–254Language: EnglishURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/21_D_Garofeanu.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.21 Abstract: This article explores the status of dreams in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.Dreams serve many different purposes in the epic; they also continuously elude all attempts to define or categorize them in a single, conclusive way. Stubbornly, they resist any model that would force them to conform to a single interpretation. I argue that there is a “subver­sive” side of dreams under(mining) the epic conventionality, a side that seems to question the epic itself but, at the same time, to originate it and I suggest that the poetics of the Homeric epics may be based precisely on a subterranean merging between the “awake” story of the epic and its dreams. The dreams of the Homeric poems seem to yield both epiphanies and the epic song; they are situated as an intermediary realm both between men and gods, and between…

👤Author Name: Radu BagdasarAffiliation: Cercetător independent 📄Article Citation Recommendation: BAGDASAR, Radu. „Critica între condiția de «magistratură», «cățea literară» și tămâierea béată”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 227–239. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.20Titlul: CRITICA ÎNTRE CONDIȚIA DE „MAGISTRATURĂ”, «CĂȚEA LITERARĂ» ȘI TĂMÂIEREA BÉATĂPages: 227–239Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/20_R_Bagdasar.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.20 Abstract: The text discusses the roles of internal and external critique in the development of a literary work. On one hand, the creator’s intelligence, which also includes a strong critical dimension, is not identical to that of the critic, whose perspective entails a distancing and objectification that the author, considering it’s their own work, finds more challenging to adopt. The only drawback of external critique is that it arrives post facto and can only enhance the writer’s future style — thus benefiting subsequent creations, but not the one it critiques. Authentic critique plays an indispensable role as a guardian of value when it is competent, anticipatory, and constructive without being indulgent. The conclusion is that a balanced critical spirit, grounded in a broad culture allowing for diverse references, is a prerequisite for quality. Keywords: internal and external critique, Eugène Ionesco, Woolf, Murakami, Sabato Bibliography Goldoni, Carlo (MCMLXXXVII), Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de sa vie et…

👤Author Name: Corina-Ionela SoareAffiliation: Masterand, Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea din BucureștiContact: corina.soare63@gmail.com 📄Article Citation Recommendation: SOARE, Corina-Ionela. „Modelul «tranziție» și tranzitivitatea”. RITL, New Series, XVIII, 2024, p. 209–226. doi: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.19Titlul: MODELUL „TRANZIȚIE” ȘI TRANZITIVITATEATitle: THE “TRANSITION” MODEL AND TRANSITIVITYPages: 209–226Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2024/19_C_I_Soare.pdfDOI: 10.59277/ritl.2024.18.19 Abstract: This study analyzes and compares the stylistic stages of George Bacovia’s poetry in relation to the perspectives that have influenced the reception of his work and the main trends in which his lyricism has been categorized. The analysis focuses on the evolution of the construction methods of poetic discourse, representations of the self, thematic cores, and how the influences of other poetics are reflected in Bacovian poetry. Despite the mutations and numerous reconfigurations it has undergone, Bacovia’s lyrical universe, with all its theses and antitheses, represents a cohesive whole. In his poetry, George Bacovia becomes a sort of homo faber: by adopting and juxtaposing traits from poetics that are often in opposition, the poet relativizes conventions, creating a unique formula of his own. Keywords: George Bacovia, Bacovianism, modernity, self-representation, contingency Bibliography Tudor Vianu, G. Bacovia în ediție definitivă, în Scriitori români, vol. III, Editura Minerva, 1971 Cristian Popescu, Cum l-a omorît George Bacovia pe Gheorghe Vasiliu,…