Roluri ale femeii în romanele Hortensiei Papadat-Bengescu şi ale Wirginiei Woolf (II). Amanta, celibatara, prietena, artista
A woman’s roles in the novels of Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu and Virgina Woolf (II ). The Mistress, the Spinster, the Girl-Friend, the Artist
The study deals with the comparative analysis of four ‘secondary’ feminine roles, namely the Mistress, the Spinster, the Girl-Friend and the Artist in the novels of Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu and Virginia Woolf.
Women’s understanding of their new roles led to the creation of more authentic, more credible female characters in the novels of both novelists.The interest of both writers in feminine psychology and physiology, in the sense of feminine sexuality in the modern society leads to the creation of very original and strong characters who express the new status of the woman.
The difference between the two writers, from this point of view, resides in the fact that Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu was a pioneer in the feminine Romanian Literature, creating types of female characters only rarely alluded at before her, whereas Virginia Woolf leans on a strong women writers tradition in the English Literature.What they have in common is the attempt to present a more authentic sense of self by recording experiences of different feminine types in the modern world (approx. 1890-1940).
Key words: Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, Virginia Woolf, a woman’s roles, femininity, sexual identity, the Mistress, the Spinster, the Girl-Friend, the Artist
I. HORTENSIA PAPADAT-BENGESCU
Balaurul, Editura Militară, Bucureşti, 1986. Prefaţă de Gheorghe Crăciun [Bengescu, Balaurul]
Fecioarele despletite, Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 1986. [Bengescu, Fecioarele]
Concert din muzică de Bach, Editura Tineretului, Bucureşti, 1967. [Bengescu, Concert]
Drumul ascuns, Editura Tineretului, Bucureşti, 1967.
Logodnicul, Editura Junimea, Iaşi, 1986
Rădăcini, Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 1986. [Bengescu, Rădăcini]
Cristescu, Maria Luiza, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu. Portret de romancier, Editura Albatros (colecţia „Contemporanul nostru”), Bucureşti, 1976
Holban, Ioan, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu. Monografie, Editura Albatros, Bucureşti, 1985
Rădulescu, Carmen Ligia, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu. Marea europeană a anilor ’30, Editura Recif (colecţia „Scriitori români comentaţi”), 1996
Tudor-Anton, Eugenia, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu. Marea europeană, Editura Naţional, 2001
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, interpretat de… Antologie, studiu introductiv şi tabel cronologic de Viola Vancea, Editura Eminescu, Bucureşti, 1976
II. VIRGINIA WOOLF
The Voyage Out, Duckworth, London, 1915 [Woolf, Voyage]
Night and Day, Duckworth, London, 1919 [Woolf, Night]
Jacob’s room, Hogarth Press, London, 1922 [Woolf, Jacob]
Mrs Dalloway, Hogarth Press, London, 1925 [Woolf, Dalloway]
To the Lighthouse, Hogarth Press, London, 1927 [Woolf, Lighthouse]
Orlando, Hogarth Press, London, 1928 [Woolf, Orlando]
The Years, Hogarth Press, London, 1937 [Woolf, Years]
The Waves, Hogarth Press, London, 1931 [Woolf, Waves]
Between the Acts, Hogarth Press, London, 1941 [Woolf, Acts]
Woolf, Virginia, A room of one’s own. New York ; [etc.] : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1991.
