THE SPIRITUAL BODY AND THE THEME OF THE MIRROR IN HORTENSIA PAPADAT-BENGESCU’S SHORT PROSE
THE SPIRITUAL BODY AND THE THEME OF THE MIRROR IN HORTENSIA PAPADAT-BENGESCU’S SHORT PROSE
Author(s): Mihaela STANCIU (VRAJA)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: spiritual body; glance; the theme of the mirror; short prose; introspection
Summary/Abstract: From the first texts she publishes, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu inserts fragments about the theory of the spiritual body, a topic she developped in her later prose, which highlights the materiality of the soul. Also in her early prose, one of the key-elements by which the character comes into contact with the soul, as if it were a revealing meeting, is the mirror. The theme of the mirror represents meditation, introspection, means of reflection and it derives from the glance, which most of the times doesn’t assign women a favorable role, but it interestedly captures her mentality as a round topic.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 898-902
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Romanian