THE MISFIT CHARACTER IN INTERWAR ROMANIAN PROSE. THE UPROOTED
THE MISFIT CHARACTER IN INTERWAR ROMANIAN PROSE. THE UPROOTED

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we aim to elucidate the drama of the uprooted misfit from interwar Romanian prose. The characters of Alexandru Vlahuță, Ioan Al. Brătescu-Voinești, Mihail Sadoveanu, Cezar Petrescu, Camil Petrescu, Nicolae Gh. Spătaru, descended from poor peasant families, but with a desire for education, leave their homeland and go to the city. We find that environmental change is destructive for these characters. The city, marked by the process of critical transition from one type of civilization to another, does not offer them the happiness they dreamed of, the possibilities to realize themselves in their condition as intellectuals. After several setbacks in the urban setting, the heroes regret leaving home. Returning to their native village, however, they discover that they feel alienated from their original environment.

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