ASPECTS OF TIME IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S LYRICS
ASPECTS OF TIME IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S LYRICS

Summary/Abstract: The relation of man with time has acquired the meaning of a drama, which has deepened, as man understood the relativity of his existence and how it is determined by the implacability of time. But what is time? A friend or a foe? No certainty. Only one: unseen, he completes a mission - to "lead" us into the path of eternity. Surely we could say it together with St. Augustine "What is the time? If I'm not asked, I know. If I am asked, I do not know ”(St. Augustine, Confessions, Nemira Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010). It seemed to us, therefore, necessary to present some of the opinions expressed in the space of philosophical thought, because the literati, as people with their own representations, could relate to one or the other. Our selection operated at the universal and national levels, according to a chronological criterion. I also considered the divergent character of the different theories. Translating the problem of time in the space of literature we also achieved it by selecting some fundamental approaches and attitudes for capitalizing on the theme of time in the universal and Romanian literature: Proust, Th. Mann, G.G. Marquez, Eminescu, Blaga or N. Stanescu. Since the aim of our approach is to comment on expressions of female sensitivity to the challenges of the theme, we selected four poets from the contemporary period, aiming to capture the unity in diversity. The four poets - Gabriela Melinescu, Constanța Buzea, Ileana Mălăncioiu and Ana Blandiana - are, of course, distinct voices and personalities. The poetic imaginary and the means by which they realize it carry specific imprints. The vision and attitude in relation to the theme of time is their own. One aspect is common, precisely because it is human: the impossibility of ignoring the determination of the existence of the being by the Time factor. I tried to capture the personal poetic expression of each of the four poets. I have exemplified on the basis of a selection that belongs to us, justified by sensitivity, by the personal affective resonance generated by the meeting with the poetry of these authors.

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