Mihail Sebastian and the Intimist Writings. From Theatricality to the Illusion of Reality
Mihail Sebastian and the Intimist Writings. From Theatricality to the Illusion of Reality

Summary/Abstract: Writing his work, Sebastian had to confront a world thrown into history in the making, being forced to see what was happening around him, namely to privilege the sight and the entelechy which it animates. We almost dare to say that only in this manner – through a terrible aggression against the sight – Sebastian had the possibility to reflect, in his intimist writings, the contingent reality, for himself and for the others, with minimal styling effects. On the other hand, Sebastian’s texts reveal a purely phenomenological intention of the author. Thus, the author is no longer using the pen to fill with meaning a state of the facts or to transform everyday fiction into a significant dramatic discourse. In his case, the emphasis is on a continuous present and on the ontological message of the ideas, we would say, on the message which was freed from constraints of the past or future aspirations. Thus, Sebastian gives the events total freedom to express themselves – to utter themselves! –, with all the risks and the mortifying consequences of the decision taken. Sometimes the author reaches hidden humour areas, such as the one practiced by Pirandello.

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