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<p>“Prin oraşul păscut de tramvaie / unde grâul e doar musafir” (“In the city cropped by the tramways / where the wheat is only a host”): be it in the urban or the rural space (or in a combination of both), Mircea Dinescu shows the social and political history of Romania with a bittersweet, playful and scathing view. Among his stylistic achievements we can find the creation of a genuine poetic language that breaks in the Romanian literature at the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. In his verses, life and its contraries (death, dictatorships) come together in a mosaic that constantly engages in dialogue with painting, more precisely, with Brueghel.</p>
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“Prin oraşul păscut de tramvaie / unde grâul e doar musafir” (“In the city cropped by the tramways / where the wheat is only a host”): be it in the urban or the rural space (or in a combination of both), Mircea Dinescu shows the social and political history of Romania with a bittersweet, playful and scathing view. Among his stylistic achievements we can find the creation of a genuine poetic language that breaks in the Romanian literature at the end of the 20th century. In his verses, life and its contraries (death, dictatorships) come together in a mosaic that constantly engages in dialogue with painting, more precisely, with Brueghel.

Grey Building Blocks and Brueghel: The Canvas of Romania Painted by Mircea Dinescu

PhD, Researcher, Departamento de Filología Española

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

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“Prin oraşul păscut de tramvaie / unde grâul e doar musafir” (“In the city cropped by the tramways / where the wheat is only a host”): be it in the urban or...

Grey Building Blocks and Brueghel: The Canvas of Romania Painted by Mircea Dinescu

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0020

Keywords
Mircea Dinescu, Contemporary Romanian Poetry, Literature and Poetry, Brueghel the Elder

© 2022 Alexandra Chereches, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Grey Building Blocks and Brueghel: The Canvas of Romania Painted by Mircea Dinescu

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0020

KeywordsMircea Dinescu, Contemporary Romanian Poetry, Literature and Poetry, Brueghel the Elder

© 2022 Alexandra Chereches, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Mircea Dinescu, Contemporary Romanian Poetry, Literature and Poetry, Brueghel the Elder