The Imagination of the Avant-garde and the Infantile. Gellu Naum, Eugène Ionesco Cover Image

Imaginarul avangardei și universul infantil. Gellu Naum, Eugène Ionesco
The Imagination of the Avant-garde and the Infantile. Gellu Naum, Eugène Ionesco

Author(s): Gabriela Glăvan
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Avant-garde; Surrealism; children’s literature; avant-garde theatre; Pop Art

Summary/Abstract: The connection between children’s literature and the Avant-garde has long been regarded as an epithalamium that reunites two divergent regimes of representation sharing a common ground. Authors such as Gellu Naum or Eugène Ionesco integrated references to the infantile universe in their work without causing fractures or drawing demarcations between this specific area of creation and the rest of their work. My argument rests upon the premise of a solid connection between the two domains and, consequently, I explore the themes and metaphors that strengthen this apparently exotic literary hybrid.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 121-126
  • Page Count: 6
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