The Myth of the Family in Transylvanian Literary Discourses
The Myth of the Family in Transylvanian Literary Discourses

Summary/Abstract: Ioan Slavici’s Mara and János Kemény’s The Witch of Waters are two Transylvanian novels which deal with the topics of Family and Womanhood in the context of the Transylvanian small town or rural society in the second half of the 19th century. In this article we approach issues like single parenthood, male and female roles, family interactions etc. In Slavici’s and Kemény’s fiction the traditional patriarchal family pattern is still very strong, but symptoms of its alteration become visible.

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