Proza lui Constantin Negruzzi: relaţia cu modelele [Articol]

Abstract

The article studies from a comparative perspective, the relation of C.Negruzzi’s prose to that of P.Merimee although different in volume, the epic works of the two narrators, who lived and created approximately in the same literary time, present similarities, which are manifested on the level of narrative techniques, of plot development (the construction of the introduction, character portrayal, etc.) and that of expression. The demonstration that excludes any plagiarism or imitation, that, being the initiator of indigenous artistic narrations the Romanian author pertains to the models with which he becomes familiar as a result of his translator’s experience, yet managing to work out authentic works. According to the well-known theoritician of comparativism, Cioranescu, this is an example of influence, as „an autonomous artistic” result of, a contact relation.