👤Author Name: Alunița CofanAffiliation: Academia de Studii Economice, București 📄Article Citation Recommendation: COFAN, Alunița. „Teoreticieni şi esteticieni ai grotescului”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 393–432Titlul: TEORETICIENI ŞI ESTETICIENI AI GROTESCULUITitre: THÉORICIENS ET ESTHÉTICIENS DU GROTESQUEPages: 393–432Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/21_A_Cofan.pdf Résumé: Ce parcours chronologique parmi les ouvrages théoriques et esthétiques s’appuie sur la méthode herméneutique afin de relever la surprenante phénoménologie d’une catégorie esthétique: le grotesque. C’est ce qui s’appelle une analyse explicite de la catégorie esthétique envisagée. Chercheurs anglais, allemands, américains, français et roumains nous aident à circonscrire notre objectif descriptif dans un espace culturel plus large et pour une période d’environ deux siècles, le XIXème et XXIème. L’évolution du grotesque devient ainsi fonction de temps et d’espace culturel. Mots-clés: esthétique du grotesque, méthode herméneutique, la phénoménologie, espaces culturels, théoriciens du grotesque Bibliography: Bahtin, Mihail, Probleme de literatură şi estetică (cap. Cronotopul rabelaisian, p. 394–428), Bucureşti, Editura Univers, 1982. Bahtin, Mihail, Rabelais and his world, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1984 (sau: http://www.radicalanthropologygroup.org/old/class_text_103.pdf). Balotă, Nicolae, Manierismul în literatură, în revista „Cultura” nr. 77/ 2007. Baudelaire, Charles, Curiozități estetice, Bucureşti, Editura Meridiane, 1971 (p. 1–46; 182–222). Baudelaire, Charles, De l’essence du rire et généralement du comique dans les…

👤Author Name: Caius DobrescuAffiliation: Universitatea din București 📄Article Citation Recommendation: DOBRESCU, Caius. „Politeţea ca mediere – o posibilă genealogie a modernităţii culturale”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 379–391Titlul: POLITEŢEA CA MEDIERE – O POSIBILĂ GENEALOGIE A MODERNITĂŢII CULTURALETitle: POLITENESS AS MEDIATION – A POSSIBLE GENEALOGY OF CULTURAL MODERNITYPages: 379–391Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/20_C_Dobrescu.pdf Abstract: The paper Politeness as Mediation: A Possible Genealogy of Cultural Modernity looks at the European culture of polite manners form the perspective of its capacity of inciting and nurturing the transformations of values and mental frameworks generally termed “modernization”. We start form the diffusionist model of the “civilizing process” notoriously promoted by Norbert Elias, but move on to amending it through a vision of politeness as a dynamic cultural device mediating between civic duty and civility, publicity and intimacy, social hierarchy and social equality. The present exploration sets the premises for the further analysis of two related processes: a) the historical influence of the culture of politeness and of polite conversation in Eastern Europe; b) the strategic role played by literary criticism in the revival of the “civilizing process” (seen as a process of “conversational” modernization) under the East European post-Stalinist regimes. Keywords:…

👤Author Name: Liviu BordașAffiliation: Institutul de Studii Sud-Est Europene al Academiei Române 📄Article Citation Recommendation: BORDAȘ, Liviu. „Faptul magic şi faptul mistic. Prima întâlnire a lui Eliade cu opera lui Evola”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 333–378Title: FAPTUL MAGIC ŞI FAPTUL MISTIC. PRIMA ÎNTÂLNIRE A LUI ELIADE CU OPERA LUI EVOLATitle: MAGICAL EVENT AND MYSTICAL EVENT. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER OF ELIADE WITH THE WORKS OF EVOLAPages: 333–378Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/19_L_Bordas.pdf Abstract: This article is the first in a series to offer a historical reconstruction of Mircea Eliade’s relationship with the main representatives and ideas of the so-called “Traditionalist” current (René Guénon, Julius Evola, and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy). Eliade first comes across the works of the Traditionalists between 1926 and 1928. I examine the motives that might have brought about his interest for their works, his relation to their ideas, and the immediate consequences of this intellectual encounter during his first months in India. My claim is that Guénon and Coomaraswamy have a rather limited impact on his intellectual formation at this early stage. Evola’s work (more precisely his less known articles from the reviews „Bilychnis” and „Ur”), on the other hand, seems to have captivated the…

👤Author Name: Nicoleta IfrimAffiliation: Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos”, Galați 📄Article Citation Recommendation: IFRIM, Nicoleta. „Manifestări ale autismului naţionalofob în presa postdecembristă: de la «identităţile interşanjabile» la «negustorii de iluzii»”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 301–331Titlul: MANIFESTĂRI ALE AUTISMULUI NAŢIONALOFOB ÎN PRESA POSTDECEMBRISTĂ: DE LA „IDENTITĂŢILE INTERŞANJABILE” LA „NEGUSTORII DE ILUZII”Title: MANIFESTATIONS OF THE NATIONAL-PHOBIC AUTISM IN THE POST-DECEMBER 1989 LITERARY JOURNALISM: FROM THE “INTERCHANGING IDENTITIES” TO “THE MERCHANTS OF ILLUSIONS”Pages: 301–331Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/18_N_Ifrim.pdf Abstract: Within the post-December period, the Romanian cultural background has witnessed the conflictive phenomenon of critical revision focusing on the (in)validation of the literary canon by means of two dichotomic approaches: the ethicist one looking for the ‘moral guilt’ of both the writer and his writing (the collaborationist syndrome) and the aesthetic perspective analysing the inner fictional mechanism and strategies conveying the value of the literary work. A new prototype of criticism has occurred: the ‘national-phobic’ autism that aims at demolishing the ‘aesthetically-oriented literary canon’ in favour of the ‘democratic’ one, which would preserve the ‘non-collaborationist’ drive. Keywords: aesthetic critique, moral-ethicist approach, Romanian literature, literary canon Bibliography: Borza, C., 2009, Întoarcerea estetismului, în Vatra, nr. 7–8. Borza, S., 2010, Despre intelectualii din…

👤Author Name: Alina CrihanăAffiliation: Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi 📄Article Citation Recommendation: CRIHANĂ, Alina. „Memorie, istorie, identitate: repere teoretice interdisciplinare”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 287–300Titlul: MEMORIE, ISTORIE, IDENTITATE: REPERE TEORETICE INTERDISCIPLINARETitre: MÉMOIRE, HISTOIRE, IDENTITÉ: REPÈRES THÉORIQUES INTERDISCIPLINAIRESPages: 287–300Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/17_A_Crihana.pdf Résumé: La configuration particulière de toute identité culturelle est largement tributaire aux rapports que chaque communauté entretient avec son histoire et, par cela même, aux constructions de la mémoire. De fait, ces dernières participent dans de différents degrés à la constitution des « référents identitaires » (psychosociaux, historiques, culturels), en conditionnant, en même temps, la constitution des hiérarchies axiologiques établies, dans un contexte donné, à l’intérieur d’une culture. Notre travail se donne pour but la mise en évidence de ces rapports profonds existant entre la mémoire, l’histoire et l’identité, à partir de quelques réflexions théoriques tributaires à la démarche herméneutique, sociologique et mythanalytique. Mots-clés: mémoire et histoire culturelles, identité, abus de mémoire et d’oubli, topique socioculturelle Bibliography: Assmann, Jan, La mémoire culturelle. Écriture, souvenir et imaginaire politique dans les civilisations antiques. Paris : Aubier, 2010. Augé, Marc. Les Formes de l’oubli. Paris, Payot-Rivages, 1998. Braga, Corin, 10 studii de arhetipologie. Cluj-Napoca, Dacia, 1999. Baugnet,…

👤Author Name: Ioana RevnicAffiliation: Universitatea din Oradea 📄Article Citation Recommendation: REVNIC, Ioana. „Lumea romanului românesc (1965–1989). LOCURI şi timpuri”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p.  251–285Titlul: LUMEA ROMANULUI ROMÂNESC (1965–1989). LOCURI ŞI TIMPURITitle: WORLD OF THE ROMANIAN NOVEL (1965 – 1989). PLACES AND TIMESKeywords: Romanian places (villages, cities, Bucharest) reflected in literature, Romanian literature, literature in the Communist eraPages: 251–285Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/16_I_Revnic.pdf Abstract: A foray into the Romanian novel world between 1965 and 1989 is a journey through a literary geography that includes: First, the local village, either depicted through its traditional stance or disturbed by unexplained events; or under the renewing swing because of the negative influence of the collectivization and modernization. Secondly, the village over the Prut River – an invaded territory. Subject to the aggression of some forces from abroad – manifested during the war or during the communist occupation – the rural space remains the favorite background for the Bassarabian authors. Besides these places, there are the provincial cities (fatally marked by mediocrity), the imaginary provinces, and Bucharest. The capital is the sum of contrasts – a mix of old and new, of traditionalism and modernity, of elegance and kitsch. The town’s…

👤Author Name: Crina BudAffiliation: Universitatea de Nord, Baia Mare 📄Article Citation Recommendation: BUD, Crina. „Critica literară versus critica culturală. Legitimări ale literaturii române ca literatură europeană”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 235–250Titlul: CRITICA LITERARĂ VERSUS CRITICA CULTURALĂ. LEGITIMĂRI ALE LITERATURII ROMÂNE CA LITERATURĂ EUROPEANĂTitre: LA CRITIQUE LITTÉRAIRE VERSUS LA CRITIQUE CULTURELLE. LÉGITIMATIONS DE LA LITTÉRATURE ROUMAINE EN TANT QUE LITTÉRATURE EUROPÉENNEPages: 235–250Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/15_C_Bud.pdf Résumé: Les littératures jeunes et de peu d’audience, telle que la littérature roumaine, se légitiment, dès le début, en tant que littératures européennes ou universelles par le biais de la critique culturelle. Leur effort de se rattacher à un modèle dominant (par exemple, le modèle européen) se voit doublé par l’effort de préserver les données identitaires, et cette tension est visible aussi de nos jours, lorsque la mondialisation a imposé, dans le domaine des études littéraires, les approches culturelles, au dépens des approches esthétiques. Par conséquent, dès le début du vingtième siècle, le discours sur la littérature roumaine est soumis à une double exigence: l’autolégitimation (tout particulièrement par la critique littéraire) et la légitimation par rapport à l’étranger (par la critique, tout particulièrement par la critique européenne). Il s’agit là d’un…

👤Author Name: George LețuAffiliation: Drd. la Universitatea din Bucureşti 📄Article Citation Recommendation: LEȚU, George. „Doamnele diplomaţiei româneşti: Elena Văcărescu (1864–1937)”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 211–234Titlul: DOAMNELE DIPLOMAŢIEI ROMÂNEŞTI: ELENA VĂCĂRESCU (1864–1937)Title: THE LADIES OF ROMANIAN DIPLOMACY: ELENA VĂCĂRESCU (1864–1937)Pages: 211–234Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/14_G_Letu.pdf Abstract: Elena Văcărescu, worthy successor of patriot noblemen, has fulfilled the testament-impulse, received from her illustrious predecessor, Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, to contribute to “the honoring of the country”. The French language, sister of her native language, facilitated the entry, with greater ease, into the broad European environment, of thoughts, unrests, and hopes of the Romanian nation. A witness to the foundation of the League of Nations, Elena Văcărescu dreamed of establishing a universal harmony in which Romania will have a well-deserved place. Keywords: Elena Văcărescu, cultural diplomacy, Romanian history, diaspora Bibliography: Andronescu Alexandra, Elena Văcărescu – poetă a sufletului românesc în limba franceză, „Archiva Valachica. Studii şi material de istorie şi istorie a culturii”, Târgovişte, 1976. Arhiva Ministerului Afacerilor Externe, Problema 77, Dosar „Elena Văcărescu”. Iorga, Nicolae, Două poete de sânge românesc în Franţa: Elena Văcărescu şi Anna de Noailles, în „Universul literar”, duminică, 28 iunie 1925. Din amintirile Elencuţei Văcărescu, Bucureşti, Editura…

👤Author Name: Mihaela AlbuAffiliation: Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea din Craiova 📄Article Citation Recommendation: ALBU, Mihaela. „Mircea Popescu şi corespondenţii săi: Ştefan Baciu, N. P. Comnen, Neagu Djuvara, Mircea Eliade, Vintilă Horia, Virgil Ierunca, Petru Iroaie, Alexandrina Mititelu”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 187–209Titlul: MIRCEA POPESCU ŞI CORESPONDENŢII SĂI: ŞTEFAN BACIU, N. P. COMNEN, NEAGU DJUVARA, MIRCEA ELIADE, VINTILĂ HORIA, VIRGIL IERUNCA, PETRU IROAIE, ALEXANDRINA MITITELUTitle: MIRCEA POPESCU AND HIS CORRESPONDENTS: ŞTEFAN BACIU, N.P. COMNEN, NEAGU DJUVARA, MIRCEA ELIADE, VINTILĂ HORIA, VIRGIL IERUNCA, PETRU IROAIE, ALEXANDRINA MITITELUPages: 187–209Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/13_M_Albu.pdf Abstract: Mircea Popescu was a professor, literary critic and journalist who lived almost all his life in exile, in Italy, where he promoted the Romanian culture permanently. He has a very rich correspondence with Ștefan Baciu, N.P. Comnen, Neagu Djuvara, Mircea Eliade, Vintilă Horia, Virgil Ierunca, Petru Iroaie and Alexandrina Mititelu. Due to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Simona Coleş-Popescu, we’ll include some unpublished letters sent by his friends and Romanian writers in a book dedicated to Mircea Popescu’s literary activity. In this article we publish two of them. Keywords: Mircea Popescu, unpublished letters, intellectual friendship, Romanian culture and identity

👤Author Name: Simona AntofiAffiliation: Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi 📄Article Citation Recommendation: ANTOFI, Simona. „Jurnalul berlinez al Norei Iuga – o ego-grafie sui generis”. In: RITL, New Series, VI, No. 1-4, January-December 2012, p. 181–186Titlul: JURNALUL BERLINEZ AL NOREI IUGA – O EGO-GRAFIE SUI GENERISTitle: THE BERLIN JOURNAL OF NORA IUGA – A “SUI-GENERIS EGO-GRAPHY”Pages: 181–186Language: RomanianURL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2012/12_S_Antofi.pdf Abstract: Nora Iuga’s diary written in Berlin displays an ego-graphic construction within which the spatial profile of the city – the great love of the author herself – is re-shaped through a discourse that voices the experience of facing the West, the identity and the meaning of the writer’s status, her feelings, enthusiasm and life. Thus, the text is punctually redefined according to the ever transforming ego whose identity is mirrored in the writing itself. Used as a compatibility mechanism to reality, ‘reading oneself’ by means of the feelings experienced by the ‘wanderer’ in the great city (who, by the way, has Latin blood) means that the text enhances subjective marks defined as basic mechanism of living, also in the real world. Keywords: Intimate diary, ego’ themes, subjectivity, authorial identity, alterity Bibliography: Dondorici, Iulia, Experienţa berlineză a Norei Iuga, în „Observator cultural”,…