ANDREEA MIRONESCU, COSMIN BORZA, MIHAI IOVĂNEL, ADRIANA STAN
BIBLIOGRAFIA ROMANELOR MEMORIEI DIN SPAȚIUL ROMÂNESC (1990–2022)
DOI: 10.33993/drl.2024.11.225.236
Affiliation: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi.
Contact details: “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, 11 Carol I Str., 700506, Iaşi, Romania.
Email: andreea.mironescu@uaic.ro
Affiliation: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, and “Sextil Puşcariu” Institute of Linguistics and Literary History, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch.
Contact details: “Sextil Puşcariu” Institute of Linguistics and Literary History, 21 Racoviţă Str., 400165 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: cosmi_borza@yahoo.com
Affiliation: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, and “G. Călinescu” Institute of Literary History and Theory, Romanian Academy.
Contact details: G. Călinescu” Institute of Literary History and Theory, 13 September Str., sector 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania.
Email: mihai.iovanel@gmail.com
Affiliation: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, and Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.
Contact details: Babeş-Bolyai University, 31 Horea Str., 700506 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: adriana.stan@ubbcluj.ro
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MEMORY NOVELS PUBLISHED
IN THE ROMANIAN SPACE (1990–2022)
(Abstract)
This article offers the first bibliography of the memory novels published in the Romanian literary space between 1990–2022. The novel of memory is a literary genre with a global spread, and at the same time a prominent national (sub)genre, spanning from postcolonial societies to post-dictatorial and post-communist cultures. Using lexicographical sources, as well as catalogues and search engines developed by the most important libraries and publishing houses, we identified 230 memory novels released in Romania (and, incidentally, in the Republic of Moldova) during the last three decades. For each item we provide the full bibliographical reference. Additionally, we propose five labels covering the subgenres of the novel of memory: testimonial novel, post-testimonial novel, coming of age novel, transgenerational novel and historiographic metafiction. We use one of these five labels to annotate each item in our list, in order to provide a more nuanced understanding of the formal, thematic, and mnemonic diversity of the memory novels.
Keywords: novel of memory, bibliography, post-communism, genre, subgenres.