VLADIMIR COLIN ŞI BASMUL MILITANT (I)

👤Author

Name: Cătălin Sturza
Affiliation: independent researcher

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: STURZA, Cătălin. „Vladimir Colin şi basmul militant (I)”. In: RITL, New Series, XII, No. 1-4, January-December 2018, p. 381-397.
Titlul: VLADIMIR COLIN ŞI BASMUL MILITANT (I)
Title: Vladimir Colin, literary history, literary criticism, Fantasy literature, Fantastic literature, mythology, narratology, fairy tale
Pages: 381-397
Language: Romanian
URL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2018/1-4/26_C_Sturza.pdf

Abstract: Between Vladimir Colin signing the ideological pamphlet „Problemele și drumurile basmului cult” (1955) and the author of the novel “Babel” (1978), awarded the Europe Award for Best Novel at Stresa (Italy) and the Provincia di Trento Prize by the University of Padova for his contribution to fairytale creation (1980) there is quite a large gap. This essay follows the evolution of Vladimir Colin between the two waypoints and reviews some of Colin’s key texts – from his early ideological and theoretical essays to the short stories and novels that can be seen, in spite of the numerous flaws that are related to the ideological nature of the texts, but also to their uneven aesthetical value, as refference points for the Romanian Fantastic and Fantasy literature.