THE POEM AFORETIME (DEMULT) BY GEORGE BACOVIA: AN ANALYSIS
THE POEM AFORETIME (DEMULT) BY GEORGE BACOVIA: AN ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the poem Demult by George Bacovia, based on the framework provided by reader-response criticism, and free associations, in order to highlight the way in which the symbol, within the Symbolist movement, can have both a public and, especially, personal connotation. The poem analysed becomes, in addition, an example of atypical poem for poet George Bacovia’s style, leaning more towards the Romantic movement influence than towards the influence of the Symbolist movement, marking, in fact, the specificity consisting of the overlapping between these two movements in Romanian culture. Additional insight into the understanding of this poem, next to the analysis based on literary and cutural studies, is provided by different translated versions.

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