Postmodern Romance and the Illusion-Making Tendencies of Historiography

• Authors: Olivia Bălănescu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper proposes a reading of romance in terms of postmodernism by establishing a connection between feminism and postmodernism’s questioning of historical and cultural representation. The aim is to reveal how history, no longer governed by the urge to find the “truth”, gives prominence to the uncertain, the extraordinary, the fantastic, which are the main ingredients of romance.

Keywords

EN

history; romance; storytelling; time.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: Supplement
• Pages: 112-123

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2012-12-28

Contributors

author

Olivia Bălănescu

• University of Craiova 13 A.I. Cuza St, Craiova, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0010-0