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Papers by Bianca-Maria Bucur (Tincu)
„INCURSIUNI ÎN IMAGINAR”, 2023
Abstract: James Joyce, a prominent figure in the modernist literary movement, created the charact... more Abstract:
James Joyce, a prominent figure in the modernist literary
movement, created the character Stephen Dedalus and revealed
an example of how consciousness functions when one searches
for direction in life. The chaotic nature of human consciousness
is revealed through literary devices and techniques that prove the
lifelikeness of the character and the way fiction represents not
only the reality of a specific time but the reality of the multitude
of meanings present within the content of fictional writing,
namely literature.
The aim of this paper is to investigate the evolution of the
main character in the novel “A Portrait of The Artist as a Young
Man” by James Joyce to reveal the way Stephen Dedalus builds his
consciousness and finds the tone of his “voice”. The metaphor of
the voice is to be considered the conceptual term used to describe
the different phases of the character’s evolution and the way he
succeeds in creating order among uncertainties, quests, and
struggles. The term “voice” is used within the neuro-scientific
frame of thought, as defined by Antonio Damasio as being “the
representation of the conscious self” (Damasio 2010: 45).
Both terms, namely consciousness and voice, lead to
psychological content; thus, the nature of the analysis is
psychological, literary, and symbolic as well. The mythological
dimension is to be interpreted through symbols and their
significance. The literary dimension revolves around literary techniques such as interior monologue and stream of
consciousness, and the psychological frame includes elements
that connect literature and psychology.
Keywords: consciousness; literature; myth; reality; voice.
This paper aims to illustrate the concept of bovarism as defined by Jules de Gaultier at the end ... more This paper aims to illustrate the concept of bovarism as defined by Jules de Gaultier at the end of the 19th century, as illustrated by Pupa russa, a postmodernist novel written by Gheorghe Crăciun. The thematic approach evinced by the Romanian author is challenging its readership because it follows a rhizomatic literary narration that also encapsulates a historical dimension. The focus of the analysis is on the similarities and differences between Crăciun’s and Flaubert’s protagonists, Leontina Guran and Emma Bovary, and on the fascination and importance of the bovaristic trajectory, with its implications and dimensions. This critical angle unveils the novel’s message, as well as a heightened sense of awareness with regard to the realities of personal actions against the background of the communist regime. The condition of the human being implies both outer and inner growth, yet there are several factors such as the societal conditions one is subjected to that can irrevocably cha...
Books by Bianca-Maria Bucur (Tincu)
Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies , 2024
Communication and intellectual freedom are two of the main aspects considered when engaging an au... more Communication and intellectual freedom are two of the main aspects considered when engaging an audience in thought and meditation exercises. Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies aims to cultivate and encourage high-standard academic pursuits focused on an increasing range of topics meant to argue and develop this sense of critical thinking and freedom of thought. The current issue of the seventh volume includes the following fields of study: literature, cultural studies, anthropology, history, linguistics, research seminars and book reviews. The research studies are written in Romanian, Spanish, French and English. The Romanian culture is not only discussed and revealed within certain critical perspectives but it is constantly placed and related to the universal education environment as well. Multiculturalism develops due to such studies relevant in the present context of globalization and increasing uncertainty of identities and bonds.
Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies , 2024
The call for papers for Volume 7 of the Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies sought manuscripts wh... more The call for papers for Volume 7 of the Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies sought manuscripts which report rigorous research on Romanian language, literature, theatre and film, cultural studies, anthropology, history, translation studies, education as well as research seminars and reviews of works within these fields.
This first issue collates research which is both diverse and eclectic in topic and method by scholars from Turkey, Spain, Poland, Serbia, and Romania. This issue stands out because all the twelve papers are written in English. This deliberate decision not only sets a clear tone but also shows the journal’s dedication to encouraging worldwide conversation and making the content accessible. By using English as the only language, this issue reaches a broader audience, inviting people from different parts of the world to connect with the articles and join the discussion on the topics presented.
Incursions into the Imaginary, 2023
Literature and life: between reality and fiction Literature and life, the connection between the ... more Literature and life: between reality and fiction
Literature and life, the connection between the literary text and reality, conveying an event in a social context announcing or reconstituting a time or an event, here is the challenge we are launching this year. Without willing to sustain the positivist movement which used to borrow from the literary research factological tasks belonging to philology or to the authors’ biography thus exagerating the results, or without particularly seeking the existence of personal myths of the authors in the literary works, or without trying to discover significances unintended by the author, in order to avoid exagerations in the interpretations based on the biography of the author, we plead for parallels between literature and experienced existence. We will neither especially incline for what French literature recognizes as "histoire vécue" or English literature as nonfiction novel, with "literatură-document" as an approximate equivalent in Romanian, since the relationship document-fiction from this point of view does not constitute a point of interest for us. The amount of "life" literature
contains is not necessarily a mark of "nonfiction", since we are dealing with an epic attitude and a process of structuring and fictionalising together with a mechanism tending towards the erosion of authenticity, capable, for example, to transform a historical character. The character lives in the conscience of the reader only and represents the dimension of a reality existing only in its creator’s mind. In other words, turning an event into literature may modify the "truth" one wanted to represent. Nonfiction may lose itself into literary characteristics, the artistic space finishing by blocking its primary significance, the work of art being submitted to aesthetic criteria.
Years before, in a television programme, Neagu Djuvara, a specialist in history, underlined the role of literature in knowing and understanding historical phenomena. On this occasion, he evoked two novels, I, Claudius by Robert Graves and Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar. Many other titles and authors could be added. Not only from the category of the historical novel, but also allegorical writings, utopias, poetic creations, etc.
If the historian comes with data furnished by authorised sources, presenting events under the sign of the objectivity and exactness confered by his capacity to interprete data, the writer, with the same historical data at hand, makes use of his imaginative capacities, with the great advantage of making them live, of offering them a new life. We know that, for a specialist, it is difficult, if not impossible, to interprete contemporary history. He will resume to noting down, to registering events. Through the literary text, literature, a priviledged field of the imaginary, offers complete and nuanced images, representantative from a social point of view, often containing landmarks for a whole life space. Over decades, those interested in speaking about communist or postcommunist eras will certainly be able to exploit the novels of Radu Aldulescu, Ioana Nicolaie, Dan Lungu or Tudor Ganea, etc. Since literary works generally avoid unveiling total knowledge, having as a starting point the imaginary we generally call reality, you are invited to choose a literary text and the adequate type of approach.
„INCURSIUNI ÎN IMAGINAR”, 2023
Abstract: James Joyce, a prominent figure in the modernist literary movement, created the charact... more Abstract:
James Joyce, a prominent figure in the modernist literary
movement, created the character Stephen Dedalus and revealed
an example of how consciousness functions when one searches
for direction in life. The chaotic nature of human consciousness
is revealed through literary devices and techniques that prove the
lifelikeness of the character and the way fiction represents not
only the reality of a specific time but the reality of the multitude
of meanings present within the content of fictional writing,
namely literature.
The aim of this paper is to investigate the evolution of the
main character in the novel “A Portrait of The Artist as a Young
Man” by James Joyce to reveal the way Stephen Dedalus builds his
consciousness and finds the tone of his “voice”. The metaphor of
the voice is to be considered the conceptual term used to describe
the different phases of the character’s evolution and the way he
succeeds in creating order among uncertainties, quests, and
struggles. The term “voice” is used within the neuro-scientific
frame of thought, as defined by Antonio Damasio as being “the
representation of the conscious self” (Damasio 2010: 45).
Both terms, namely consciousness and voice, lead to
psychological content; thus, the nature of the analysis is
psychological, literary, and symbolic as well. The mythological
dimension is to be interpreted through symbols and their
significance. The literary dimension revolves around literary techniques such as interior monologue and stream of
consciousness, and the psychological frame includes elements
that connect literature and psychology.
Keywords: consciousness; literature; myth; reality; voice.
This paper aims to illustrate the concept of bovarism as defined by Jules de Gaultier at the end ... more This paper aims to illustrate the concept of bovarism as defined by Jules de Gaultier at the end of the 19th century, as illustrated by Pupa russa, a postmodernist novel written by Gheorghe Crăciun. The thematic approach evinced by the Romanian author is challenging its readership because it follows a rhizomatic literary narration that also encapsulates a historical dimension. The focus of the analysis is on the similarities and differences between Crăciun’s and Flaubert’s protagonists, Leontina Guran and Emma Bovary, and on the fascination and importance of the bovaristic trajectory, with its implications and dimensions. This critical angle unveils the novel’s message, as well as a heightened sense of awareness with regard to the realities of personal actions against the background of the communist regime. The condition of the human being implies both outer and inner growth, yet there are several factors such as the societal conditions one is subjected to that can irrevocably cha...
Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies , 2024
Communication and intellectual freedom are two of the main aspects considered when engaging an au... more Communication and intellectual freedom are two of the main aspects considered when engaging an audience in thought and meditation exercises. Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies aims to cultivate and encourage high-standard academic pursuits focused on an increasing range of topics meant to argue and develop this sense of critical thinking and freedom of thought. The current issue of the seventh volume includes the following fields of study: literature, cultural studies, anthropology, history, linguistics, research seminars and book reviews. The research studies are written in Romanian, Spanish, French and English. The Romanian culture is not only discussed and revealed within certain critical perspectives but it is constantly placed and related to the universal education environment as well. Multiculturalism develops due to such studies relevant in the present context of globalization and increasing uncertainty of identities and bonds.
Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies , 2024
The call for papers for Volume 7 of the Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies sought manuscripts wh... more The call for papers for Volume 7 of the Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies sought manuscripts which report rigorous research on Romanian language, literature, theatre and film, cultural studies, anthropology, history, translation studies, education as well as research seminars and reviews of works within these fields.
This first issue collates research which is both diverse and eclectic in topic and method by scholars from Turkey, Spain, Poland, Serbia, and Romania. This issue stands out because all the twelve papers are written in English. This deliberate decision not only sets a clear tone but also shows the journal’s dedication to encouraging worldwide conversation and making the content accessible. By using English as the only language, this issue reaches a broader audience, inviting people from different parts of the world to connect with the articles and join the discussion on the topics presented.
Incursions into the Imaginary, 2023
Literature and life: between reality and fiction Literature and life, the connection between the ... more Literature and life: between reality and fiction
Literature and life, the connection between the literary text and reality, conveying an event in a social context announcing or reconstituting a time or an event, here is the challenge we are launching this year. Without willing to sustain the positivist movement which used to borrow from the literary research factological tasks belonging to philology or to the authors’ biography thus exagerating the results, or without particularly seeking the existence of personal myths of the authors in the literary works, or without trying to discover significances unintended by the author, in order to avoid exagerations in the interpretations based on the biography of the author, we plead for parallels between literature and experienced existence. We will neither especially incline for what French literature recognizes as "histoire vécue" or English literature as nonfiction novel, with "literatură-document" as an approximate equivalent in Romanian, since the relationship document-fiction from this point of view does not constitute a point of interest for us. The amount of "life" literature
contains is not necessarily a mark of "nonfiction", since we are dealing with an epic attitude and a process of structuring and fictionalising together with a mechanism tending towards the erosion of authenticity, capable, for example, to transform a historical character. The character lives in the conscience of the reader only and represents the dimension of a reality existing only in its creator’s mind. In other words, turning an event into literature may modify the "truth" one wanted to represent. Nonfiction may lose itself into literary characteristics, the artistic space finishing by blocking its primary significance, the work of art being submitted to aesthetic criteria.
Years before, in a television programme, Neagu Djuvara, a specialist in history, underlined the role of literature in knowing and understanding historical phenomena. On this occasion, he evoked two novels, I, Claudius by Robert Graves and Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar. Many other titles and authors could be added. Not only from the category of the historical novel, but also allegorical writings, utopias, poetic creations, etc.
If the historian comes with data furnished by authorised sources, presenting events under the sign of the objectivity and exactness confered by his capacity to interprete data, the writer, with the same historical data at hand, makes use of his imaginative capacities, with the great advantage of making them live, of offering them a new life. We know that, for a specialist, it is difficult, if not impossible, to interprete contemporary history. He will resume to noting down, to registering events. Through the literary text, literature, a priviledged field of the imaginary, offers complete and nuanced images, representantative from a social point of view, often containing landmarks for a whole life space. Over decades, those interested in speaking about communist or postcommunist eras will certainly be able to exploit the novels of Radu Aldulescu, Ioana Nicolaie, Dan Lungu or Tudor Ganea, etc. Since literary works generally avoid unveiling total knowledge, having as a starting point the imaginary we generally call reality, you are invited to choose a literary text and the adequate type of approach.