Paris-Bucharest, Bucharest-Paris : francophone writers from Romania / Anne Quinney.

Format:

Book

Series:

Faux titre ; no. 367.

Faux titre ; 367

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Romanian authors.

French literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi B.V., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays presents new research on the work of Romanian writers who chose French as a literary language. Romanian is itself, of course, a Romance language, and there is a long history of close Franco-Romanian ties. But given the complex and often multilingual cultural heritage of these writers-whose influences included German, Russian, and Ottoman-their contribution to French literature represents a unique hybrid form of 'francophonie'. And yet unlike the literary production of former French colonies, this work has received little scholarly attention as a contribution to French literature. This book aims to rectify this situation. Focusing on the historical, cultural, and artistic links between France and Romania in the twentieth century from the standpoint of such figures as Tristan Tzara, Anna de Noailles, Panait Istrati, Eugene Ionesco, Isidore Isou, and E.M. Cioran, the essays develop innovative and insightful perspectives with regard to the work of individual authors.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Acknowledgments

Introduction

“Bucharest-on-the-Seine”: The Anatomy of a National Obsession / Monica Spiridon

The Orientalism of Anna de Noailles / Ferdâ Asya

Before They Were Famous: Tristan Tzara, Nationhood, and Poetry / Stephen Forcer

The Surrealist Group of Bucharest: Collective Works, 1945–1947 / Monique Yaari

The Trans-cultural Journey of Benjamin Fondane / Monique Jutrin

French as the Language of Libre Échange in the Works of Panaït Istrati / Catherine Rossi

Home Is Elsewhere: Exile in the Theatre of Ionesco / Ingrid Chafee

Traditionalism and Protochronism in the European Context / Ashby Crowder

Isidore Isou’s spirited Letters / Jean-Jacques Thomas

Emile Cioran and the Politics of Exile / Anne Quinney

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-87526-7

9786613716576

94-012-0737-2

OCLC:

798613061

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401207379 DOI