DEUTSCHE LITERATUR IM RUMÄNISCHEN KÖNIGREICH: DAS BEISPIEL CARMEN SYLVAS
GERMAN LITERATURE IN THE ROMANIAN KINGDOM: THE EXAMPLE OF CARMEN SYLVA

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article intends to analzye the personality of Carmen Sylva as a German writer in the Romanian Kingdom. Therefore it is necessary first and foremost to present the literary and historical personality Carmen Sylva, also known as Queen Elisabeth of Romania, whose social and literary activity contributed to the promotion of the Romanian culture in Western Europe. Nonetheless, the particularities of the Romanian society in the early period of the monarchy influence the literary acknowledgement of the writing queen: the nationalist tendencies, the rather Francophile attitudes, as well as the predominance of male authors in the Romanian literature of the time are all aspects analyzed in this article.

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