THE HOLY LAND AND THE BURDEN OF COLLECTIVIZATION IN THE NOVEL “NIȘTE TĂRANI” BY DINU SĂRARU
THE HOLY LAND AND THE BURDEN OF COLLECTIVIZATION IN THE NOVEL “NIȘTE TĂRANI” BY DINU SĂRARU

Summary/Abstract: The present work presents the historical events that occured after World War II. The human mentalities changes because the political regime enforces some rules that are not quite benevolent with the people, especially the peasants. Through the eyes of an ordinary peasant, these changes bring poverty, obedience and mainly an uncertain future. The communist period in Romania isn’t easy for the village life. The hardships of poor people aren’t taken into account by the Security. The peasant just should to obey and nothing more and to convince him, promises are made, whom he is forced to accept. Also, in Romanian literature we deal with different categories of peasants. One of the well-known characters whose greedy desire is to obtain land and not by honest means is Ion from the novel with the same name written by Liviu Rebreanu. In his novel, Dinu Săraru, imagined the life of some peasant, which were about to face the collectivization. Those peasants under no circumstances accept to let the land in the hands of the Security. They know that they have to fight if they want to keep the household safely. Also, they are strong characters, who were taught to face the danger and to work hard for what they wanted. With the price of keeping the land they must to make sacrifices. They could be beaten or expelled but at least the know that nobody took their land.

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