TOWARDS A DECENTRALIZED LITERATURE

Authors

  • Mihaela VANCEA Faculty of Science and Letters, UMFST (University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș). Email: ioanamvnc@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2022.3.19

Keywords:

cultural identity, decentralized literature, Web3, literary history, NFT

Abstract

Towards a Decentralized Literature. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the History of Contemporary Romanian Literature by Mihai Iovănel opens new paths both in interpreting literature and towards understanding Romanian cultural identity at large. In this sense, “transnational specificity,” as Iovănel calls it, becomes a most resourceful field that allows, as Vancea shows, important insights into national and global identity in the context of significant technological developments. In the same vein, Vancea draws from Daniel David’s work on the psychology of the Romanian people to highlight new cultural aspects that could lead to changes in literature. At the same time, the paper tries to bring humanities closer to the perspectives that the Web3 phenomenon announce.

Article history: Received 22 May 2022; Revised 25 August 2022; Accepted 31 August 2022; Available online 20 September 2022; Available print 30 September 2022

REZUMAT. Către o literatură descentralizată. Scopul acestei lucrări este de a evidenția modul în care Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane scrisă de Mihai Iovănel deschide noi căi de interpretare a literaturii, dar și a identității culturale. Specificul transnațional devine în acest sens un teren ofertant care permite deschiderea unei discuții mai largi cu privire la identitatea noastră națională și globală în contextul profundei dezvoltări tehnologice. În acest sens, voi completa exemplele menționate de criticul literar cu studiul lui Daniel David despre psihologia poporului român pentru a evidenția noi puncte vulnerabile care ar putea să determine schimbări în viitorul apropiat al literaturii. Totodată, lucrarea încearcă să apropie umanioarele de perspectivele pe care le aduce în viitor fenomenul Web3.

 Cuvinte-cheie: identitate culturală, literatura descentralizată, Web3, istorie literară, NFT

Author Biography

Mihaela VANCEA, Faculty of Science and Letters, UMFST (University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș). Email: ioanamvnc@gmail.com

Mihaela VANCEA is a Ph.D. candidate at Faculty of Science and Letters, UMFST (University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș) where she is conducting research on the topic of “Writers with double identity.” Her interests involve contemporary Romanian literature, cultural identity, Romanian literary theory and criticism, World Literature theories, and transnational and quantitative studies. She contributes to Vatra magazine. Email: ioanamvnc@gmail.com

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Published

2022-09-20

How to Cite

VANCEA, M. (2022). TOWARDS A DECENTRALIZED LITERATURE. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 67(3), 151–164. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2022.3.19

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