| Title: | Ianus Bifrons sau despre Pantofii cu dublă personalitate |
| Author: | Marina Cap-Bun |
| Publication: | Analele Universității „Ovidius” din Constanța. Seria Filologie, XXVII (2), p. 121 In honorem Petre Gheorghe Bârlea. Omagiu domnului Profesor universitar doctor Petre Gheorghe Bârlea la 65 de ani Număr coordonat de Mioara Codleanu și Florentina Nicolae |
| p-ISSN: | 1223-7248 |
| Publisher: | Ovidius University Press |
| Place: | Constanța |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | This article analyzes Matei Vişniec’s latest novel Shoe-type loves. Umbrella-type loves..., which I consider to be the most complex and fascinating of his entire prose writing. Suggesting that we can embrace life as a shoe (in a realistic, pragmatic way, obeying all the social, moral, and cultural rules) or as an umbrella (valorizing its fantastic and poetic qualities, and consequently assuming the associated risks), the novel presents every character and every story from a double perspective, allowing us to get an Ianus Bifrons like view on life. The Theatre Festival in Avignon becomes the metaphor of the carnivalesque way of enjoying one’s life and, at the same time, a theatrical autobiography of the writer, and a tribute to his good friend, the director Christophe Kaplan. |
| Key words: | Matei Vişniec, novel, theatre, circus, Ianus Bifrons |
| Language: | Romanian |
| Links: |  pdf |
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