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- Title
THE IMAGE OF THE LEADER IN THE ROMANIAN CULTIVATED FAIRY TALE.
- Authors
Bîlbîie, Răduţ
- Abstract
We have drawn up an invetory of more than 50 Romanian fairytales in a research study made in 1994. These tales' main character was the leader as a dominant figure. They were collected from all over the country and anthologized in several corpora, edited so far, without claiming to have included all the copies in this category. The leader appeared in two situations: young, as a main character, or fully matured, as a secondary character. There are very few instances when the leader is enacted by a female character. Even in these given situations, the dominant features are distinctively masculine (determination, wisdom, balance, spirit of justice). The leader's generic image, both in folkloric and literary fairytale, is the one of an enlightened despot, whether he is a prince, emperor, king, czar or regnant; he has a strong character, almightiness, yet he is still willing to listen to wise advice or arguments.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; FAIRY tales; ROMANIAN literature; WOMEN in literature; LITERARY characters; EMPERORS in literature; LITERATURE &; folklore; WISDOM in literature; YOUTH in literature
- Publication
Revista Academiei Fortelor Terestre, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
1582-6384
- Publication type
Article