A CENTURY OF LITERARYIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SPACE- THE INN
A CENTURY OF LITERARYIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SPACE- THE INN
Author(s): Florentina GhitaSubject(s): Fiction, French Literature, Romanian Literature, Other Language Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: inn; literary geography; symbolism; public space; fictional topos;
Summary/Abstract: The motif of the inn, also known in universal literature, represents a symbolic space, a crossroads of paths and destinies. The heroes of Miguel de Cervantes (Quijote and Sancho Panza), the musketeers of Al. Dumas, the heroes of Al. Pușkin or H.G. Wells stop at the inn. For this reason, many Romanian writers were also interested: Ioan Slavici (Lucky Mill), Ion Luca Caragiale (Mânjoală's inn), Sergiu Matei Nica (The innkeeper from Cuşmărica) etc., but through narrative recurrence, through meanings and fiction, the inn becomes a literary theme only with Sadoveanu.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 688-698
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Romanian