Le monde de l’enfance dans La Croisade des enfants de Florina Ilis
The World of Childhood in La Croisade des enfants by Florina Ilis

Summary/Abstract: The work aims to bring into play the new and particularly interesting vision on children’s world, as seen by the Romanian writer Florina Ilis. The novel which has recorded numerous awards the last years, suggests a transversal analyses to the Romanian society at the beginning of the 3rd millennium, focusing on a conflict imposed by children. So, a voyage by train towards a summer camp becomes a way of initiation, of love, of war, and finally, of death. These children come from different social classes: rich children, orphan, neglected or abandoned children, Gypsy world, which is a quite appropriate background to our cosmopolite world. The media, the police, the army, the teaching staff and the parents seem to be unable for the time being to stop” the children’s crusade”, children who in fact fight for their rights and freedom. Sorcery, love, internet, television, media and politics, all of these are mixing in a fascinating text, the writer trying to depict each character inner thought. “La bataille de Posada”, where the children stop the train and prepare themselves for the battle, brings into play the eternal myths of humanity, that seem to be reborn in that context. The children’s crusade invites the reader to some reflections on the generations’ gap and on the present society facts, issues analyzed by our article emphasising the child’s psychology.

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