Ștefan FIRICĂ, Autenticitatea, sensuri și nonsensuri. Teorii românești interbelice în contexte europene [Authenticity, Sense and Non-Sense. Interwar Romanian Theories in European Context], Tracus Arte, 2019

• Published in: Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 192 - 196
• Main Author: Lupașcu-Doboș, Emanuel
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Babeș-Bolyai University 01.12.2020; Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
• Subjects: Book-Review; Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life; Language and Literature Studies; Romanian Literature; Studies of Literature
• ISSN: 2457-8827

One of the engines that formed the basis of the Romanian novel’s morphology from the interwar period is, unquestionably, authenticity. A term of kaleidoscopic systematics, authenticity animates a fervid interest not only for aesthetic (classical) criticism but also for cultural studies. Ștefan Firică's book, whose theoretical foundation resides in his doctoral dissertation, Authenticity, Senses and Nonsenses. Romanian Interwar Theories in European Contexts is meant to re-read the authenticity theories of the interwar period in the European semantic/historical context. The author’s starting point, in a more or less poetic manner, is represented by the self-interrogation from the beginning of André Breton’s novel Nadja: «Qui suis je?» – specifically, the problem of identity. The identity of the Romanian novel in a pan-European context, as well as the Romanian spiritual and ethical background, will be put under a diligent microscope in this consistent volume, which seeks to achieve a permanent dialogue with the (meta)text.