TY - JOUR
AU1 - Georgakaki, Konstantza
AB - Neohelicon XXXII (2005) 1, 223–229 KONSTANTZA GEORGAKAKI UNE LETTRE PERDUE : DE LA ROUMANIE DU DIX-NEUVIÈME À LA GRÈCE DU VINGTIÈME SIÈCLE Nineteenth-century Romanian theatre vacillates between vaudeville and historical drama, reflecting the ideological dichotomy of its time, seeking a balance between the Western world and its national identity. After the struggle for independence, the political and social changes influenced a new generation of writers-playwrights who came into conflict with the choices of the (provincial) bourgeoisie. Ion Louca Caragiale is one of the most impor- tant representatives of this generation. In The Lost Letter he reveals the bankruptcy of the political system and transfers on stage “the suspicious” activities of the members of a so- ciety in the middle of a moral crisis. The play was first staged in Greece 75 years after its Bucharest premiere and the critics discovered the resemblance of its characters to their Hellenic counterparts. The common historic course of the two countries as well as the Hellenic descent of its author contributed to the creation of dramatis personae who surpas- sed the narrow local boundaries and were incorporated into a Balkan perspective. Le théâtre roumain du dix-neuvième siècle reflète et reproduit la double orientation 
TI - Une Lettre Perdue : de la Roumanie du dix-neuvième à la Grèce du vingtième siècle
JF - "Neohelicon"
DO - 10.1007/s11059-005-0020-0
DA - 2005-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/une-lettre-perdue-de-la-roumanie-du-dix-neuvi-232-me-224-la-gr-232-ce-Qoq5mUynl1
SP - 223
EP - 229
VL - 32
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -