I.L Caragiale. The Problematic Real and the Labyrinth as Text. A Hermeneutic Perspective
I.L Caragiale. The Problematic Real and the Labyrinth as Text. A Hermeneutic Perspective

Summary/Abstract: This study proposes a reinterpretation of I.L. Caragiale’s work, abandoning the mimetic realist perspective in order to suggest the configuration of an interrogative manner of reading the text founded on the premise that the author explores the real at metaphysical level, beyond any sociopolitical implications. In a chaotic world, the writer watches the spectacle of everyday life as if it were a labyrinth that does not generate traumas and anxiety, but hedonism. The excess of matter and reality is the only proof of the ontological absence of truth. Therefore, Caragiale’s work reveals the existence of a crisis of meaning, the world being or only appearing to be a mechanism devoid of transcendence. This proposed reinterpretation relies on illustrations from plays, short epic texts, as well as epistolary and publicistic excerpts. This integrating vision reveals the central meaning of the whole exegetical construction.

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