ALICE VOINESCU: CONSTRUCTING FEMININE IDENTITY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2017.1.16

Keywords:

aristocratic, authenticity, dignity, ethics, gender, scholar.

Abstract

Alice Voinescu: Constructing Feminine Identity. One of the most promising intellectual figures of her time, Alice Voinescu fell into obscurity and sadly never managed to impact Romanian society as much as she could have. Her diary entries reveal a complex figure often at odds with traditional gender roles. She had high confidence in Christian values and also kept under close scrutiny the rise and fall of important cultural icons shaping the age: from Queen Maria, much respected by her, to her Communist oppressors. Always concerned with the possibility of authenticity against the background of injustice, she left behind a diary that is both an enlightening and a puzzling text.

REZUMAT. Alice Voinescu: construcția identității feminine. Una dintre cele mai promițătoare figuri intelectuale ale timpului său, Alice Voinescu a căzut în uitare și nu a reușit, din păcate, să aibă impactul promis asupra societății românești. Însemnările din jurnalul ei ne indică o figură complexă, adeseori în conflict cu rolurile tradiţionale de gen. Ea își punea speranțele în valorile creștinismului și urmărea, totodată, cu mare interes și luciditate personalitățile culturale ale epocii, de la Regina Maria, pe care o stima enorm, la opresorii ei comuniști. Preocupată permanent de posibilitatea autenticității în contextul nedreptății, jurnalul lui Alice este, în același timp, un text revelator și derutant.

Cuvinte cheie: aristocratic, autenticitate, demnitate, etică, gen, intelectual.

Author Biography

Cristina DIAMANT, Faculty of Letters, “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca. ontact address: < cristina.c.diamant@gmail.com>.

Cristina Diamant is an MA student in Irish Cultural Studies and a Ph.D. student in Philology at the Faculty of Letters, “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca. She has published articles in Steaua, Cultura, and Echinox. Her main interests are linguistics, gender studies, literary theory, and ekphrasis, as well as the contrast between Western and Eastern mentalities as reflected in art and popular culture. Contact address: < cristina.c.diamant@gmail.com>.

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2017-03-24

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DIAMANT, C. (2017). ALICE VOINESCU: CONSTRUCTING FEMININE IDENTITY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 62(1), 217–232. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2017.1.16

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