Representations of the Black Sea in Radu Tudoran's Nautical Novels
Representations of the Black Sea in Radu Tudoran's Nautical Novels

Summary/Abstract: Radu Tudoran, the son of a maritime officer, was one of the few writers committed to writing about the sea and seafaring in Romanian literature. Among his nautical novels the best-known are Un port la răsărit [A harbour in the East], Toate pânzele sus! [All Sails Up!] and Maria și marea [Maria and the sea]. The last two were turned into movies by Mircea Mureșan, but only the filmic adaptation of Toate pânzele sus! enjoyed long-lasting success with the public. I will analyse only the first two novels, the first written before the communist take-over, and the second during Ceaușescu's rule, at the high time of national communism. Although Tudoran kept his distance from his brother's (Geo Bogza) communist sympathies, Toate pânzele sus! [All Sails Up!], a classic of adventure on the seas, allowed the nationalist ideology of the Communist party to seep into it.

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