THE CONCEPTUAL OUTLINE OF THE MEMORIALISTIC OF THE ROMANIAN COMMUNIST CONCENTRATION SPACE

In this study we have desired to highlight the impact that memorialistic literature of the concentration space has had after 1989 in reconfiguring, analysing and interpreting the Romanian Gulag: on the one side as plausible historical source, but with a special moral tinge; on the other side as an e...

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Published inAnalele Universitǎti̧i "Constantin Brâncuşi" din Târgu Jiu. Serie Litere și Ştiinţe Sociale no. 3; p. 82
Main Author Rogojanu, Dumitru-Catalin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Targu Jiu University Constantin Brancusi of Târgu-Jiu 01.07.2013
Subjects
Concentration camps
Literature
Memory
Nostalgia
Romania
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Summary:In this study we have desired to highlight the impact that memorialistic literature of the concentration space has had after 1989 in reconfiguring, analysing and interpreting the Romanian Gulag: on the one side as plausible historical source, but with a special moral tinge; on the other side as an epic genre, submitted to subjectivity. Trying to capture the reasons for the appearance and propagation of the memorialistic literature of detention, our investigation draws its attention on highlting the exemplary role of these "little life stories" in describing the communist inferno. Ultimately, these pages written in grief, nostalgia, hate and contempt by the former detainees, reflect the search for a new identity and consciuosness, of a new "lighter" histo rical route, unaltered by the ancient "hard", indoctrinated history.
ISSN:1844-6051
2344-3677