ION TARABANȚU- VERDIKUROV – A DOUBLE MUTILATED PERSON
ION TARABANȚU- VERDIKUROV – A DOUBLE MUTILATED PERSON
Author(s): Emilia GrigorașSubject(s): Novel, Romanian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: bildungsroman; totalitarian system; physical mutilation; dehumanization; executioner;
Summary/Abstract: The novel Tell me Gioni! hides under the cloak of princely irony a harsh criticism against the Soviet totalitarian system and its methods of enlisting. Structured in three distinct chapters - Apprentice, Journeyman, Master - which foreshadows an evolution on the social scale of the character, but disguises his involution on an inner level, the work is a bildungsroman that follows the transformation of Ion Tarabanțu from a child born of a modest peasant family in an absolute brute.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 633-646
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Romanian