Noaptea fantastică. Forme şi funcţii ale nocturnului în literatura supranaturalului
The Fantastic Night. Forms and Functions of the Nocturne in the Supernatural’s Literature

Summary/Abstract: An essential aspect regarding the difficult process of constructing the fantastic atmosphere is the lucid option of the fantastic stage designer for the nocturne. Even the innocent reader of the fantastic text or the ingenuous admirer of a fantastic painting can observe the night recurrence in these works of art: practically, the nocturne appears as the ideal frame for conceiving and proliferating the monsters that the auctorial fantasy uses and sometimes overbids. The general impression is that the fantastic art and literature doesn’t utilize the sacred, Eleusis night, but the terrifying night that prefigures the demonic apparitions. Our study is focused exactly on the forms and functions of the nocturne in the supernatural’s art and literature. We will analyze them closely only after a theoretical prologue centered on the night’s mythological significances.

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