A Way of No Return
Flight to the West in Herta Müller’s Novels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21754516 |
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| Authors | Gabriela Glăvan (0000-0002-1839-4111, West University of Timişoara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Pages | 149-158 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caietele Echinox (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1582-960X |
| Publisher | Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24193/cechinox.2020.38.12 |
| OpenAlex | W3093932298 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In this paper I shall explore one of Herta Müller’s cardinal tropes, the collective imaginary project of fleeing communist Romania, of massive influence in her novels and biography. Novels such as The Land of Green Plums (1984), The Passport (1986) and Travelling on One Leg (1989) shape a complex perspective on one of the most intense collective desires of Romanians during communism – fleeing the country
Art · Art history · Biography · Communism · Literature · Political science · Psychoanalysis · The Imaginary · Visual arts · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Cultural and National Identity · German History and Society · History · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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