Description

• Title:
  “Old” stories in “new” clothes – a reading of the novel The children’s crusade by Florina Ilis
• Creator:
  Orian, Georgeta
• Description:
  Focusing on the success of Florina Ilis’ novel The children’s crusade, this article explores its potential as a literary contribution in a broader global discourse, as it could be considered “literary Romanian capital” in a discussion about world literature. While the book draws on clichéd stereotypes of Romanian society from the early 2000s, including the Ceaușescu era and the challenging transition from communism to democracy, the author uses a universal language of trauma. This allows for a wider audience to engage with the themes presented in the novel. Thus, her story becomes part of a global collection of works exploring the theme of the “children’s crusade” (including George Zabriskie Gray, Marcel Schwob, Lucian Blaga, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Thea Beckman, Gregory J. Rinaldi, Karleen Bradford, Kathleen McDonnell, Bryce Courtenay, Mario Vargas Llosa, Tullio Avoledo, amongst others). Considering the connection between continuity and innovation in Romanian literature, 75 years following Lucian Blaga’s play, with the same title, Florina Ilis employs a plot with medieval roots in her novel, which has fascinated writers worldwide, to deliver a unique perspective, in a new discourse.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Georgeta Orian;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
• Date:
  2023.12.15
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Studia Romanica Posnaniensia; Vol. 50 No. 4 (2023): Continuitate și inovație în limba și literatura română; 71-82;
  Studia Romanica Posnaniensia; Tom 50 Nr 4 (2023): Continuitate și inovație în limba și literatura română; 71-82;
  2084-4158;
  0137-2475
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/srp/article/view/42151/35396
• Subject:
  children’s crusade;
  romanian literature;
  Florina Ilis
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/srp/article/view/42151
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text