Adrian Tudurachi (Ed.), Dicționarul cronologic al romanului românesc de la origini până în 2000, revised second edition, Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023, 770p + 757p (2 volumes)

Abstract

The new edition of The Chronological Dictionary of the Novel from its Origins to the 2000s [Dicționarul cronologic al romanului românesc de la origini până în 2000] is a large-scale, long-term undertaking, strengthened by an extensive research team of Sextil Pușcariu Institute from Cluj-Napoca. Intended as an “exhaustive bibliography”, the dictionary encompasses two chronological volumes, with the year of 1977 marking the end of the first tome and the beginning of the second. The work has a double aim, as mentioned in the introduction: to illustrate the production and the literary reception of the novel and to highlight the social dynamics of literary forms. Although situated within literary studies, the project advances clearly articulated theoretical and sociological objectives.