ALEXANDRU-IONUȚ CRUCERU
„Schiţa Vechii Dacii” – harta rară din „Istoria” lui Dionisie Fotino
Abstract
An almost unknown detail regarding the famous History of Dacia by Dionysios Photeinos is the fact that it included a cartographic project through which its author sought to illustrate the subject of the book. Although Dionysios Photeinos intented to publish 17 maps within his book, the only tangible proof that reminds regarding the author's lofty aspiration is a map of Old Dacia, found at the end of an extremely small number of volumes. Specifically, the work represents such a great rarity that very few scholars have become aware of its existence. This article aims to treat and remove, at least partially, the unknowns behind this cartographic project, such as: the general framework of the cartographic project; his successes and failures; the explanation of the small number of copies of the Old Dacia’s map currently in existence; the content of the map and its scientific value. By publishing a copy in the annex, we hope the map of Old Dacia will benefit of a wider popularity from now on.
Keywords: Old Dacia, The History of Dacia, Dionysios Photeinos, cartography, atlas, map
LUCIAN SINIGAGLIA
Universul teatral bucureștean și politicile culturale după 23 august 1944. Prin furtunile realismului socialist (IV)
Resumé
C’est la première partie de l’étude qui présente la nouvelle dramaturgie roumaine, écrite entre le 23 août 1944 et le moment où commence la rethéâtralisation. Parmi les écrivains qui ont écrit des pièces réalistes-socialistes se trouvaient Aurel Baranga, Mihail Davidoglu, Lucia Demetrius.
Keywords: Theatre in Bucharest between August 23, 1944 and Beginning of Debates on re-Theatralisation, New Romanian Dramaturgy, Communist Press
ISABELLA DRĂGHICI
Cătălina Buzoianu. O schiţă de portret
Abstract
Cătălina Buzoianu (1938–2019) is a legendary personality of the Romanian theatre, the most important Romanian female theatre director who staged plays during communism and in post-communist times. The paper aims to outline relevant aspects of her artistic biography, emphasizing the complexity of her personality which marked the destiny of the Romanian theatre. By using methods such as historiography, archival research, text analysis and interpretation, the paper reconstructs steps of her professional career, contextualized in the theatrical and socio-political framework of that time. Buzoianu’s prolific work reflects a peak of Romanian theatre directing, reinventing itself under the oppression of communism, and resisting against dictatorship. Tracing back her artistic biography, and following evidence from the archives, the paper sheds light on aspects never extensively and rigorously presented before. This paper designs a foundation for future research in Buzoianu’s life and creation.
Keywords: Cătălina Buzoianu, theatre director, biography, Romanian theatre, communism, stage directing
MARK PARYŽ
The Uses of the Pastoral in Contemporary Transnational Post-Westerns
Abstract
The article discusses three contemporary films produced by different national cinematographies: The Shepherd (dir. Jonathan Cenzual Burley, 2016, Spain), Ardor (dir. Pablo Fendrik, 2014, US-Argentina-Mexico-Brazil), and A Man of Integrity (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, 2017, Iran) with respect to their ways of combining elements of the Western and the pastoral for the purpose of problematizing some of the major social challenges of today in their respective contexts. Given the Western genre’s focus on man’s relationship toward land, the pastoral constitutes an important element of its imaginary. The films under discussion attest to this by featuring pastoral characters who get involved in conflicts enacted in accordance with narrative patterns of the Western. The Shepherd portrays a shepherd who refuses to sell his land for development and becomes the target of hostile actions instigated by the people whose interests are endangered. Ardor, set in Amazonia, also addresses the problem of the exploitative use of land and natural resources, featuring the conflict between a tobacco farmer and a gang of deforesters. It primarily comments on destructive economic processes. A Man of Integrity foregrounds a somewhat different conflict, but similarly combines the Western and the pastoral. The protagonist, a farmer who breeds goldfish, is confronted with a mysterious company that wants to take over his land. The key problem addressed in the film is the corruption of the system, which remains blind to stark injustice.
Keywords: the Western, film genre, transnational cinema, land, farming, corporatization
MARIAN ŢUŢUI
Queen Marie of Romania (2019): An Important Episode of Romanian History from a Feminist Point of View
Abstract
The history of Romania retold closer to reality, removing the exaggerations of communist aesthetics or mythology, even successfully betting on delicate and contradictory subjects, promoting a reverse Manichaeism or even a right-wing mythology can be seen in the few historical films made after 1989 (not many) or which touch in passing on topics related to national history, especially the modern one. But I will stop at an interesting film, Queen Marie of Romania (Maria, Regina României) (2019, Alexis Cahill, Brigitte Drodtloff), especially from a feminist perspective, rarely seen in Romanian film. In this film, the king and the crown prince (Ferdinand, respectively the future Carol II) are minimized by caricature, as are the liberal prime minister Ion Brătianu, the British prime minister David Lloyd George or the American president Woodrow Wilson. Instead, Queen Maria of Romania or President Wilson’s wife stand out. Unofficial discussions become samples of intelligence and charm, interesting especially from a beautiful and intelligent queen, instead peace conferences or discussions in parliament appear useless and embarrassing. The locations and the sets are magnificent and, a rare thing in Romanian film, the discussions are conducted in four languages, in Romanian, French, German and English, as it was really used in the era in the salons of the upper classes.
Queen Marie was indeed a beautiful and intelligent woman who contributed to the building of Greater Romania, but the exaggerations in this film just ridicule men and the dialogues do not make her seem more intelligent.
Keywords: biopic, archive footage, vulnerability, female monster, historical figure, national propaganda
OCTAVIAN LAZĂR COSMA, Spinii din buchetul memoriilor, 2 vol., Bucureşti, Ed. Academiei Române, 2019, 2021, 1500 pag. + ilustraţii (George-Andrei Butcă), p. 103
SILVAN D. IONESCU, Silvan despre Silvan: memorii răzlețe, Editura Corint, București, 2023, 560 p. + ilustrații. Selecția textelor, a ilustrațiilor, note, cronologie și prefață de Adrian-Silvan Ionescu (Lucian Sinigaglia), p. 104
MIRUNA RUNCAN, Damen vals: voci feminine în critica de teatru a secolului XX, Editura Tracus Arte, București, 2024, 398 p. (Lucian Sinigaglia), p. 106
Klassiker des rumänischen Films, ed.: Dana Duma, Stephan Krause, Anke Pfeifer, Schuren, Marburg, 2024, 228 p. (Wladimir Fischer-Nebemeier), p. 107
IN MEMORIAM
BUJOR T. RÎPEANU (1938–2024) (Marian Ţuţui)
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