👤Author
Name: Alexandra Ciocârlie
Affiliation: C.S. II, Institutul de Istorie și Teorie literară „G. Călinescu”
Contact: aciocarlie@gmail.com
📄Article
Citation Recommendation: CIOCÂRLIE, Alexandra. „Ecouri homerice în Întâlnirea Gabrielei Adameșteanu”. În: RITL, New Series, XIX, January-December 2025, p. 444–454. doi: 10.59277/2025.19.26.
Titlul: ECOURI HOMERICE ÎN ÎNTÂLNIREA GABRIELEI ADAMEȘTEANU
Title: HOMERIC ECHOES IN THE ENCOUNTER OF GABRIELA ADAMEȘTEANU
Pages: 444–454
Language: Romanian
URL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2025/26_A_Ciocarlie.pdf
DOI: 10.59277/ritl.2025.19.26
Abstract: The novel, which describes the temporary return to the native country of a long-exiled man, unfolds under the sign of the Odyssey. Many Homeric references, quoted or paraphrased passages, are placed in key sequences of the novel. The interactions with the epic poem facilitate the deciphering of the major theme of the novel, that of exile. Far from being merely decorative, a pretext for a parade of erudition, the Homeric reverberations reveal hidden meanings of the events that escape a naive observer. The relationships between the modern characters can be better understood by analogy with the relationships between the Homeric heroes. The frequent references to the eleventh book of the Odyssey, which depicts Odysseus’ descent into Hades, suggest that the return to the abandoned home means death. The novel proclaims the impossibility of finding one’s homeland after a long period spent elsewhere and thus overturns the happy ending of the Odyssey.
Key-words: Gaberiela Adameșteanu, Homer, epic poem, modern novel, intertextuality.
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