The contemporary novel in south-eastern Europe: society and literarity Cover Image

Romanul contemporan din Sud-estul Europei: între societal şi literaritate
The contemporary novel in south-eastern Europe: society and literarity

Author(s): Maria Şleahtiţchi
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: Oksana Zabuzhko; Doina Ruşti; Liliana Corobca; social novel; bildungsroman; perspective of genre;

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses two phenomena of contemporary literature from Southeastern Europe: the assertion of the novel of social persuasion and of the novel of manners. The authors focus their attention on the woman’s fate and the child’s fate in the contemporary world. Social and domestic violence against the woman and the child psychological and physical abuse are thematic axes in the novels of Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko, Romanian novelist and writer Doina Ruşti, and the Romanian writer, from Republic of Moldova, Liliana Corobca.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 121-130
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian
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