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Anarchetypes. Re-evaluation of marginal literary forms and genres/ Corin Braga (ed.) This volume starts from the observation that in the current era the concept of archetype and structural center have been denounced as intellectual constructs without a real metaphysical or psychological basis. However, based on their authority and prestige, they have substantiated the most important aesthetics in European culture, being used as a criterion of value and canonical judgment and condemning to marginality works and literary genres that do not respect the Aristotelian idea of ​​organic composition. In order to reevaluate and recover such “anarchic” literary forms and genres, this volume resumes and develops the concept of anarchetype created by… Read More »Anarchetypes.

Romanian Literature as World Literature edited by Mircea Martin, Christian Moraru, Andrei Terian Approaching Romanian literature as world literature, this book is a critical-theoretical manifesto that places its object at the crossroads of empires, regions, and influences and draws conclusions whose relevance extends beyond the Romanian, Romance, and East European cultural systems. This “intersectional” revisiting of Romanian literature is organized into three parts. Opening with a fresh look at the literary ideology of Romania’s “national poet,” Mihai Eminescu, part I dwells primarily on literary-cultural history as process and discipline. Here, the focus is on cross-cultural mimesis, the role of strategic imitation in the production of a distinct literature in modern… Read More »Romanian Literature as World Literature