SATUL – UNIVERS LITERAR IN OPERELE LUI IOAN SLAVICI
SI BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON
THE VILLAGE- LITERARY UNIVERSE IN THE WORKS OF
IOAN SLAVICI AND BJRNSTJERNE BJRNSON
Annamaria STAN
Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea Babes – Bolyai, Cluj Napoca
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to outline the contribution of the Romanian literature in
general and of Transylvanian one in particular to the development of European spirituality. The
comparison between the country life novels written by the Romanian author Ioan Slavici,
representing the Romanian Western Plain, and those of Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian author
of the same period, is a clear proof of the relationship existing between the two literatures, the
Eastern- European and the Northern one. Through their works, the two writers present the
spirituality of their native countries, with emphasis set on the life of Romanian and Norwegian
peasants, willing to make themselves noticed and to prove their intellectual qualities. Two
significant novels in this sense are “Budulea Taichii” by Slavici si “A Happy Boy” by Bjornstjerne
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Bjornson. The peasant is presented as willing to fulfil his dreams, to prove his talent and to create a
better position for himself and his family in the society of the 19
th century.
Key words
: Bjrnson, education, intellectual, novel, village, Slavici, cultural European space.
Cuvinte cheie
: Bjornson, educatie, intelectual, nuvelă, sat, Slavici, spatiu cultural european.