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<p>Vintilă Horia’s novel God was born in exile seems to be written from the perspective of a refusal of history, of an opening to imagination and esoterism, to the detriment of a positive valorisation of the facts of the immediate reality. Fiction is thus the one that legitimizes Ovid’s existential adventure, the one that certifies his resistance to an annihilated and aggressive History. In this novel, we are witnesses of a spiritual metamorphosis, of a spiritual catabathic itinerary, whereby the retransmission in the values of esotericism and self, as well as the understanding of the meanings of existence, is the guarantee of sacrificial death and symbolic resurrection.</p>
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Vintilă Horia’s novel God was born in exile seems to be written from the perspective of a refusal of history, of an opening to imagination and esoterism, to the detriment of a positive valorisation of the facts of the immediate reality. Fiction is thus the one that legitimizes Ovid’s existential adventure, the one that certifies his resistance to an annihilated and aggressive History. In this novel, we are witnesses of a spiritual metamorphosis, of a spiritual catabathic itinerary, whereby the retransmission in the values of esotericism and self, as well as the understanding of the meanings of existence, is the guarantee of sacrificial death and symbolic resurrection.

In the Identity’s Labyrinth

Prof., PhD, ‘G.E. Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

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Vintilă Horia’s novel God was born in exile seems to be written from the perspective of a refusal of history, of an opening to imagination and esoterism, to...

In the Identity’s Labyrinth

Data publikacji: 01 lut 2023

Zakres stron: 1 - 4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0001

Słowa kluczowe
exile, freedom, identity, labyrinth, fiction

© 2022 Iulian Boldea, published by Sciendo

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

In the Identity’s Labyrinth

Data publikacji: 01 lut 2023

Zakres stron: 1 - 4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0001

Słowa kluczoweexile, freedom, identity, labyrinth, fiction

© 2022 Iulian Boldea, published by Sciendo

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

Słowa kluczowe
exile, freedom, identity, labyrinth, fiction