What is it about?

This essay tackles Romania’s geocultural position and its consequences for localizing Romanian literature in South-Eastern rather than Eastern Europe by comparing critically three types of imaginary spatial narratives. It also discusses the awareness of this location with contemporary Romanian writers in the context of world literature.

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Why is it important?

It draws attention to an alternative view on Romanian literature, alongside the already traditional East-Central European one, with its own political consequences for configuring a more complex geocultural identity.

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This page is a summary of: Did Romania Move South?, Journal of World Literature, January 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/24056480-00301003.
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