Identitet i alteritet u književnosti Rumuna u Vojvodini: na primerima romana Radu Flore
Identity and alterity in the literature of Romanians in Vojvodina: On the examples of Radu Flora's novels

Summary/Abstract: The central point of this paper is the concept of identity and alterity in Romanian literature in Voivodina (Serbia), based on the analysis of Radu Flora’s novels. The article is based od I.M. Lotman’s term world view, which supports interdisciplinary research of fictional texts. These texts are viewed as parts of culture they stem from. Both culture and identity are perceived as constructs that change over time. The notion of identity is determined by alterity, but it also mirrors itself in the Other. The relation between Romanian ethnic minority and Serbian ethnic majority is examined based on concepts of center and periphery. This relation is analysed taking into consideration texts about cultural and educational policy, and the rise of the Yugoslav national idea, on the one hand, and life of Romanian ethnic minority in a new state (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes e.g. Kingdom of Yugoslavia) after 1918, on the other hand. Radu Flora belongs to the first generation of Romanian writers in Voivodina (Serbia). In the examined novels he wrote about teachers and their actions that contributed to cultivation of cultural identity of Romanians in Voivodina in interwar period. As literature has a great role in remembering the collective past, Radu Flora’s novels comprise lots of elements that constitute Romanian identity. As such, his novels serve as documents about his community, as well as a part of cultural memory of his society.

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