Alexandra RUSCANU
The Unveiling of the Body: Rethinking Intimacy in the Modern Romanian Novel
Instituția:
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași
Email autor:
alexandra.ruscanu@student.uaic.ro
Abstract:
This study investigates the literary representations of intimacy and the body in the modern Romanian novel, with a particular focus on works by female authors affiliated with the Sburătorul literary group. Drawing on theories by Virginia Woolf, Pierre Bourdieu, Simone de Beauvoir, and Judith Butler, the article examines how corporeality is constructed and contested within narrative discourse. Through analyses of novels by Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, Ioana Postelnicu, Cella Serghi, and others, it reveals how intimacy becomes a means of articulating female subjectivity and resisting patriarchal norms.
