Valenţe ale ironiei în proza literară a lui Mihail Kogălniceanu [Articol]

Abstract

In the article, we attempt to evaluate some manifestations of irony in literary prose of Mihail Kogalniceanu. Being a figure of rhetoric, which implies a false praise which shows that the addresser says the opposite of what he thinks, giving the receiver a pretext for reflection, irony is a trademark of the forty-eighter prose writer. Moralizing intentions of his narrative justify the presence, in sketches of manners, "Soirées dansantes" ("Dancing parties") and "Phisiology of a provincial in Iasi", or in short story writing "Lost Illusions ... A first love" of irony and self-irony insertions, combined with humor and sometimes with sarcasm, by which the author finally reveals ridiculous aspect of the reality evoked. In this regard, Mihail Kogalniceanu, having lucid mind, being conscious of imperfections of the Moldovan society and its congeners, opts for ironic register of discourse for illustrative purposes or for purely stylistic reasons.