THE PATH OF THE ROMANIAN IMAGINARY UNIVERSE FROM HISTORY TO THE FANTASTIC IN THE 17th CENTURY: THE CASE OF ALEXANDRIA
THE PATH OF THE ROMANIAN IMAGINARY UNIVERSE FROM HISTORY TO THE FANTASTIC IN THE 17th CENTURY: THE CASE OF ALEXANDRIA

Summary/Abstract: In the 17th century, the sphere of translations of folk books from the Byzantine-Slav literature has greatly expanded without leaving the religious field entirely. The translations, still carried out by the clergy, are now addressed to popular masses in order to educate them ethically and help them evolve. The popular book aims to help the man (especially the peasant) clarify his moral sense, to make him aware of his power, his rights, and his freedom, to awake his courage. Some of the books reached us in the Slavonic language since ancient times and have long circulated in original copies. Since the 17th century, translations started to appear, which unfortunately have been preserved in few incomplete copies. The most popular book in our old literature is the fabulous novel Alexandria, the history of Alexander the Great and Darie of Persia.

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