SULLA RICEZIONE DEL ROMANZO I VICERÉ DI FEDERICO DE ROBERTO IN ROMANIA

Abstract

On the Reception of the Novel I Viceré by Federico De Roberto in Romania. The paper aims to present the reception of I Viceré by Federico De Roberto in Romania by analysing the critical contributions, the translations of this novel into Romanian and especially some of the more significant paratextual elements of the Romanian editions. These elements were first discussed by Gérard Genette in Introduction à l'architexte (1979), then in Palimpsestes (1982) and later in Seuils (1987). We will focus on prefaces, afterfaces, chronologies and notes, but also on some components of the book covers. The Italian author was not well received during his lifetime, he was often ostracised by literary critics and his value was fully recognised only in the last decades of the 20th century. We will endeavour to show that in Romania he benefited from a quality diffusion, which emphasised the originality and modernity of his work when it was not yet fully affirmed in Italy.

Article history: Received 30 May 2025; Revised 28 December 2025; Accepted 30 January 2026; Available online 30 June 2026; Available print 30 June 2026.