“Pentru cã sunt cine sunt”. Identitatea strãinului în 'Kitty si Virgil si The Long Shadows'
Because I am who I am” The Foreigner’s Identity in 'Kitty and Virgil and The Long Shadows'

Summary/Abstract: The present article takes into consideration the identity of the foreigner who sets contact with a different culture and society, the changes that may occur at the level of identity and the way the foreign individual defines or re-defines his selves under the impact of the Other. The article is based on two accounts of the foreigner ( the Romanian foreigner, in particular), one pertaining to Paul Bailey, the novel Kitty and Virgil, and the second to Alan Brownjohn, the novel The Long Shadows. The foreign individual undertakes a journey with multiple meanings: to a new cultural space and a journey of discovery oriented towards himself. Among the issues implied by this journey, we will emphasize the relationship between the foreigner and his culture (the relationship with the past-the mechanism of memory) and the one set between the foreigner and the new cultural space (the relationship with the others, representatives of this space.)

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