CAUSES DE LA RÉTICENCE DANS LE ROMAN « CINCIZECI DE ANI » DE STELIAN TURLEA
Causes of Reticence in the Novel « CINCIZECI DE ANI » by STELIAN TURLEA

Summary/Abstract: As shown by its symbolic title, the novel "Cincizeci de ani" by Stelian Țurlea, published in 2013, Bucharest, manages to restore the communist daily life very well, without making history, the writer insisting on Dej’s communism. Therefore, Stelian Ţurlea does what he had intended in his previous novel "Trei femei" as he would confess in an interview: "to describe half a century of history through the insignificant actions that man used to bear anywhere in the country, not the great history of the political decisions, but that sand in which I lived – me, my family, their families, your families." The terrible period of communist installation and the 50s and 60s are retold from a female perspective and seen through Elvira’s "eyes". In this way Stelian Ţurlea proves to be a fine connoisseur of female psychology which he greatly highlights in this novel, especially in relation to History. The most common attitude of the heroine in relation to the dictatorship and the other social events is based on reluctance, which actually hides turmoil and indecision that lead to self-alienation. Starting from these premises, the present paper aims to follow the way in which the communist daily life is restored in the novel, and especially to identify the causes of the individual’s reluctance to the political system and social events.

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