FEMINISM AND LITERARY IDENTITY: CĂTĂLINA FLORINA FLORESCU’ S WORKS
FEMINISM AND LITERARY IDENTITY: CĂTĂLINA FLORINA FLORESCU’ S WORKS

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary theatre plays become fertile spaces for exploring themes of identity, trauma and personal reconstruction. Cătălina Florina Florescu, a writer from the Romanian diaspora, makes a significant contribution to this literary landscape through the innovative way in which she approaches female characters in contemporary literature, reflecting and challenging cultural and social norms. The writer's works have not yet benefited from an extensive analysis in this direction, namely the analysis of how these characters reflect different aspects of femininity, such as identity, sexuality, interpersonal relationships, motherhood, career, addressing themes of trauma, healing and self-discovery. It is an opportunity to investigate the cultural and personal influences that life in the diaspora had on the plays under analysis, the way in which the experience of emigration and adaptation is reflected in its themes and characters. They deal with complex and sensitive topics, from a feminist perspective and critical of contemporary society. An aspect worth mentioning, for a modern and intelligent theater, of a disturbing honesty, is the strength of a harsh, relentless language, used by female characters, which pushes us beyond our comfort zones and encourages us to question ourselves about what it means to be a man, a woman, a human being.

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