Synthesis Issue XXXVI / 2009
Issues / December 15, 2009

Table of Contents: ALEXANDRA CIOCÂRLIEDeux biographies antiques / 3 IOANA COSTAImmortalitatis sedes (Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, II 134-141) / 7 ALINA DANIELA MARINESCUImago Dei, imago mundi: les représentations de la divinité au miroir au Moyen Âge / 13 RALUCA PERȚAThe diary of the Renaissance painter (A short survey of artistsʼproject of self-representation) / 25 MANUELA ANTONOn the hexaemeral representation of the world: Homiliae in Hexameron of Basil of Caesarea in the Romanian manuscript tradition of the eighteenth century / 33 ILEANA MIHĂILĂDon Juan au XVIIIe siecle / 39 ANA MARIA ROMIȚAN & BOGDAN DACĂLUTitu Maiorescu – auf den Spuren eines Europäers / 49 RALUCA MIHAELA LEVONIANFunctions of non-verbal messages in Mihail Sebastianʼs and Marguerite Durasʼs works / 55 CRISTINA DEUTSCHI was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. Questions without an answer. The passage from childhood to adolescence. Holden Caulfield, The catcher in the rye / 65 CRISTINA BALINTEEnrégimentation nationale / ralliement européen. Critères dʼaccès de la littérature roumaine dans lʼespace continental / 79

ENRÉGIMENTATION NATIONALE / RALLIEMENT EUROPÉEN. CRITÈRES DʼACCÈS DE LA LITTÉRATURE ROUMAINE DANS LʼESPACE CONTINENTAL
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👤Author Name: Cristina Balinte 📄Article Citation Recommendation: BALINTE, Cristina. ‟Enrégimentation nationale / ralliement européen. Critères dʼaccès de la littérature roumaine dans lʼespace continental”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 79-85.Title: ENRÉGIMENTATION NATIONALE / RALLIEMENT EUROPÉEN. CRITÈRES DʼACCÈS DE LA LITTÉRATURE ROUMAINE DANS LʼESPACE CONTINENTALPages: 79-85Language: French URL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/10_C_Balinte.pdf Excerpt: Il suffit d’observer les livres à auteurs roumains, en vente dans les librairies du marché occidental, ou de passer en revue les fonds concernant la culture roumaine, des bibliothèques universitaires, académiques du même espace, pour subir un effet de dérèglement d’image. Après la chute du régime totalitaire, après des années entières de politiques culturelles d’ouverture plutôt déclarée, en fait, que réellement soutenue, après le moment-clé de l’intégration dans l’Union européenne, et en dépit du processus d’éclosion de l’édition locale, la littérature roumaine est encore loin d’avoir une configuration au moins cohérente, sinon correcte aux yeux du public hors-pays.

I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE DUCKS WENT WHEN THE LAGOON GOT ALL ICY AND FROZEN OVER. QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWER. THE PASSAGE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE. HOLDEN CAULFIELD, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
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👤Author Name: Cristina Deutsch 📄Article Citation Recommendation: DEUTSCH, Cristina. ‟I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. Questions without an answer. The passage from childhood to adolescence. Holden Caulfield, The catcher in the rye”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 65-78.Title: I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE DUCKS WENT WHEN THE LAGOON GOT ALL ICY AND FROZEN OVER. QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWER. THE PASSAGE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE. HOLDEN CAULFIELD, THE CATCHER IN THE RYEPages: 65-78Language: EnglishURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/9_C_Deutsch.pdf Excerpt: One of the first focal points in discussing Salinger’s infantile and teenager prototype could be the fact that The Catcher in the Rye has been considered one of the texts that, after the Bible, inspired the greatest number of assassins, the most well-known case being that of Mark David Chapman, John Lennon’s killer who, in one of his confessions, declared that “then this morning I went to the bookstore and bought The Catcher in the Rye.

FUNCTIONS OF NON-VERBAL MESSAGES IN MIHAIL SEBASTIANʼS AND MARGUERITE DURASʼ S WORKS
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👤Author Name: Raluca Mihaela Levonian 📄Article Citation Recommendation: LEVONIAN, Raluca-Mihaela. ‟Functions of non-verbal messages in Mihail Sebastianʼs and Marguerite Durasʼs works”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 55-63.Title: FUNCTIONS OF NON-VERBAL MESSAGES IN MIHAIL SEBASTIANʼS AND MARGUERITE DURASʼ S WORKSPages: 55-63Language: EnglishURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/8_R_M_Levonian.pdf Excerpt: The importance of body language as a carrier of meaning during communicative exchanges has been proved by the development of the science of interpersonal communication. Non-verbal messages play a major role for the interpretation of the verbal discourse, which they can emphasize, complete or contradict. Our study is based on the assumption that non-verbal messages occuring in literary texts are even more important than the ones which occur during real-life conversations. Non-verbal communication in literature – and especially in dramatic writings – is never accidental or redundant (as may happen in real life), but always provides information for the spectator or reader. Bibliography Sources Secondary literature

TITU MAIORESCU – AUF DEN SPUREN EINES EUROPÄERS
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👤Author Name: Ana-Maria Romițan, Bogdan Dascălu 📄Article Citation Recommendation: ROMIȚAN, Ana-Maria, DASCĂLU, Bogdan. ‟Titu Maiorescu – auf den Spuren eines Europäers”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 49-54.Title: TITU MAIORESCU – AUF DEN SPUREN EINES EUROPÄERSPages: 49-54Language: GermanURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/7_A_M_Romitan_B_M_Dascalu.pdf Excerpt: Titu Maiorescu ist in der rumänischen Kultur nicht nur als bedeutender Literaturkritiker, sondern auch als Verfasser des längsten Tagebuchs der rumänischen Literatur bekannt. Er beginnt sein Tagebuch im Alter von 15 Jahren (1855), in Wien und schreibt daran bis am Ende seines Lebens.

DON JUAN AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE
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👤Author Name: Ileana Mihăilă 📄Article Citation Recommendation: MIHĂILĂ, Ileana. ‟Don Juan au XVIIIe siecle”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 39-47.Title: DON JUAN AU XVIIIe SIÈCLEPages: 39-47Language: FrenchURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/6_I_Mihaila.pdf Excerpt: Un des mythes littéraires modernes les plus féconds, dont les multiples hypostases ont permis, à travers les âges, les interprétations les plus diverses et parfois les plus choquantes, le Burlador de Séville est devenu l’image la plus commune du Séducteur.

ON THE HEXAEMERAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD:HOMILIAE IN HEXAEMERON OF BASIL OF CAESAREA IN THE ROMANIAN MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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👤Author Name: Manuela Anton 📄Article Citation Recommendation: ANTON, Manuela. ‟On the hexaemeral representation of the world: Homiliae in Hexameron of Basil of Caesarea in the Romanian manuscript tradition of the eighteenth century”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 33-37.Title: ON THE HEXAEMERAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD:HOMILIAE IN HEXAEMERON OF BASIL OF CAESAREA IN THE ROMANIAN MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYPages: 33-37Language: EnglishURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/5_M_Anton.pdf Excerpt: In the early Christian cultural and literary system the natural world was represented as a creation of God. Any attempt to investigate it meant to reveal the work of the Creator thus glorifying Him. At the same time, the contemplation of the display of the creation’s magnificence has opened the path not only to the explanation of theological truths, but also to the formulation of the Christian ethical principles. In this way, for example, the characteristics and habits of the animals of waters and of those living on earth, of the reptiles and of the flying birds gave an opportunity to discuss about the human action and behaviour in regard to God and to fellow men.

THE DIARY OF THE RENAISSANCE PAINTER (A SHORT SURVEY OF ARTISTSʼ PROJECT OF SELF-REPRESENTATION)
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👤Author Name: Raluca Perța 📄Article Citation Recommendation: PERȚA, Raluca. ‟The diary of the Renaissance painter (A short survey of artistsʼproject of self-representation)”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 25-32.Title: THE DIARY OF THE RENAISSANCE PAINTER (A SHORT SURVEY OF ARTISTSʼ PROJECT OF SELF-REPRESENTATION)Pages: 25-32Language: EnglishURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/4_R_Perta.pdf Excerpt: Vasari, in his well-known The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, and Architects from Cimabue to Our Times, speaking of Lorenzo Ghiberti, the first Renaissance artist who dared to write about himself in his Commentarii in the middle of the fifteenth century, made what we may call the first modern criticism of the autobiographical use of the first person.

IMAGO DEI, IMAGO MUNDI: LES REPRÉSENTATIONS DE LA DIVINITÉ AU MIROIR AU MOYEN ÂGE
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👤Author Name: Alina-Daniela Marinescu 📄Article Citation Recommendation: MARINESCU, Alina-Daniela. ‟Imago Dei, imago mundi: les représentations de la divinité au miroir au Moyen Âge”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 13-23.Title: IMAGO DEI, IMAGO MUNDI: LES REPRÉSENTATIONS DE LA DIVINITÉ AU MIROIR AU MOYEN ÂGEPages: 13-23Language: French URL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/3_A_D_Marinescu.pdf Excerpt: L’association entre la divinité et le miroir est apparue dès l’Antiquité grécoromaine comme une conséquence de la symbolique de cet objet, instrument de la connaissance de soi et « par extension, de la connaissance de Dieu, en vertu de la ressemblance de l’âme avec lui »1, conformément au Dictionnaire de la spiritualité qui consacre un important article à la signification spirituelle du miroir dans la pensée médiévale.

IMMORTALITATIS SEDES (MARTIANUS CAPELLA, DE NUPTIIS PHILOLOGIAE ET MERCURII, II 134-141)
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👤Author Name: Ioana Costa 📄Article Citation Recommendation: COSTA, Ioana, ‟Immortalitatis sedes (Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, II 134-141)”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 7-11.Title: IMMORTALITATIS SEDES (MARTIANUS CAPELLA, DE NUPTIIS PHILOLOGIAE ET MERCURII, II 134-141)Pages: 7-11.Language: EnglishURL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/2_I_Costa.pdf Excerpt: Author of late Antiquity who had a huge impact on medieval studies, Martianus Capella composed his one famous book, fundamental in the history of education, the history of rhetoric and the history of science, during the fifth century. His Satyricon, or De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii et de septem artibus liberalibus libri novem (“On the Wedding of Philology and Mercury and on the Seven Liberal Arts, in nine books”), a didactic allegory, was a complete encyclopaedia of the liberal culture of the time, and was in high repute during the Middle Ages as a school text, being the foundation of the medieval trivium and quadrivium.