Femeia ca obiect emic in Povestirile lui Vasile Voiculescu
Woman as an Emic Object in Vasile Voiculescu's Stories

Summary/Abstract: Following the patriarchal tradition, in Vasile Voiculescu’s stories, the woman is not the subject of perception, but the passive object of a man's gaze. We therefore deal with illusory perceptions, in accordance with William James’ assertions in Chap. XIX of “The Principles of Psychology”. The senses do not perceive directly, but according to previous impressions, knowledge, memories. That is why different people perceive the same object differently. In Voiculescu, the perception of a female character is related to the influence of myths and legends, readings, conversation, debate. The perception of female characters in his stories is a complex process of analysis between the image of the woman described to readers, on the one hand, and the fused or combined images and ideas of all women ever seen, on the other; it is a process involving two elements or moments, one existing before the process as an old possession of the mind (the group of ideas or concept, namely), while the other is only presented in the mind as the immediate element of surveillance (impression of sense).

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