THE INITIATORY JOURNEY OF THE HERO FROM THE ROMANIAN FAIRY TALE – DESIRE AND ASPIRATION
THE INITIATORY JOURNEY OF THE HERO FROM THE ROMANIAN FAIRY TALE – DESIRE AND ASPIRATION
Author(s): Camelia Bof (Hreban)Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Short Story, Romanian Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Romanian fairy tale; initiatory journey; action of the hero; becoming; aspiration;
Summary/Abstract: The folk tale is the unspeakable expression of the human desire for beauty and settlement in a matrix under the sign of acceptance and even providential blessing, in perfect harmony with the entire universe. In this sense, permanent permutations and metamorphoses of the hero are necessary especially, to reconfigure the old known existence, fixing or eliminating the lack, derogation, incoherence, chaos. Thus, each action of the hero will become a premise of another, creating a true path of firstly becoming himself and then, also of those who take care of him and rally along his journey. The dynamism in the narrative plan will also indicate transgressions of the limits, proposing ordering solutions of the physical world at the beginning, to continue with deep psycho-emotional and spiritual restructuring until a statuary in a new order of the world.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 38
- Page Range: 608-615
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian