THE FANTASTIC DIMENSION OF MIRCEA ELIADE’S LITERATURE
THE FANTASTIC DIMENSION OF MIRCEA ELIADE’S LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was a savant of the history of religions and a writer who transposed theses from scientific texts to literature (Aspecte ale mitului, Sacrul şi profanul, Tratat de istoria religiilor etc.). It is well-known that he was preoccupied by the relation between sacred and profane and by the mythic. Sacred is present in people’s life and the fact that they don’t notice it, doesn’t mean that it dissapears. The archaic man from the writer’s texts is a hypostasis of homo religiosus. The way Eliade’s literature attracts the reader is similar to the discovery of a strange thing or event found in close proximity. Parallel universes, born from the fusion of sacred and profane, alternate and set a mythical atmosphere. Eliade’s literature is the closest to italian fantastic represented by Buzzati and Bontempelli.

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