THE HERMETIC MODEL OF RENAISSANCE
THE HERMETIC MODEL OF RENAISSANCE
Author(s): Andra-Elena IonescuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Foreign languages learning, Poetry, Fiction, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Novel, Sociolinguistics, Romanian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature, Drama, Stylistics, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: hermetic tradition; magic; magus; eros; phantasm;
Summary/Abstract: In this study the main concern is to establish the most important ideas of the hermetic tradition of the early and late Renaissance that could function subtly in the narrative frame of Vasile Voiculescu’s prose. Some preoccupations of the author such as theosophy, Gnosticism, magic, cabbala, archaic thinking, medicine, arts, science show an interest towards an encyclopedic and spiritual knowledge in which can be identified the echoes of a far age that emerges in new forms in the fantastic imaginary of the 20th century Romanian literature. The storyteller may have a nostalgic perspective in which is expressed the urge of the lost unity between the mundane world and the celestial level. The narrator resembles with the magus figure bringing a spiritual significance in the fantastic structure and in the auctorial discourse. The concept of phantasm is necessary in order to redefine the fantastic and the language of the Vasile Voiculescu’s tales.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 483-489
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Romanian
