Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”

Using the playtext of the theatrical performance Romanian History Abridged, which premiered in Cluj in 2021, I investigate the way in which Lacanian psychoanalysis relates to the repression of historical facts, and the perpetuation of a mythicized version of Romanian history. This state-sponsored pr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal on humanistic ideology 2022, Vol.XII (1), p.181-192
Main Author: Țion, Lucian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fine Arts / Performing Arts
History
History of Art
Psychoanalysis
Social history
Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by
cites
container_end_page 192
container_issue 1
container_start_page 181
container_title International journal on humanistic ideology
container_volume XII
creator Țion, Lucian
description Using the playtext of the theatrical performance Romanian History Abridged, which premiered in Cluj in 2021, I investigate the way in which Lacanian psychoanalysis relates to the repression of historical facts, and the perpetuation of a mythicized version of Romanian history. This state-sponsored practice favors the preservation of the ongoing Romanian identity crisis, which, I argue, describes national culture. In the article I also explain the way in which the play deconstructs the dominant nationalist discourse through various theatrical devices such as the Verfremdungseffekt, and the employment of satire and irony, which are used to question, reposition and decontextualize such founding myths as the Daco-Roman ethnogenesis thesis, and the treatment of fascist figures like Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu in current Romanian historical narratives.
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>ceeol</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_ceeol_journals_1052860</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><ceeol_id>1052860</ceeol_id><sourcerecordid>1052860</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-ceeol_journals_10528603</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFik0KwjAYRIMoWLRHEHKBQtJ_XCoWVyLqwl1N209NSZOStPseRC_Xk9iCrp3NDO_NBFmuGweOH9Boiiwa-_6w4-sc2caUZIhH_YiEFrolLNM8Zw2XD3yCCqpMM5kDZrLAR9A1NO1P1hqM4Uqu8WFASjqblotidOO5eQLuu9dJVUxyJvFZtaLv3ks0uzNhwP72Aq2S3WW7d3IAJdJStVoOPKUkcOOQeP_8BwCrRGo</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Publisher</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype></control><display><type>article</type><title>Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”</title><source>ProQuest One Literature</source><creator>Țion, Lucian</creator><creatorcontrib>Țion, Lucian</creatorcontrib><description>Using the playtext of the theatrical performance Romanian History Abridged, which premiered in Cluj in 2021, I investigate the way in which Lacanian psychoanalysis relates to the repression of historical facts, and the perpetuation of a mythicized version of Romanian history. This state-sponsored practice favors the preservation of the ongoing Romanian identity crisis, which, I argue, describes national culture. In the article I also explain the way in which the play deconstructs the dominant nationalist discourse through various theatrical devices such as the Verfremdungseffekt, and the employment of satire and irony, which are used to question, reposition and decontextualize such founding myths as the Daco-Roman ethnogenesis thesis, and the treatment of fascist figures like Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu in current Romanian historical narratives.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1844-458X</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 2285-4517</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Presa Universitara Clujeana</publisher><subject>Fine Arts / Performing Arts ; History ; History of Art ; Psychoanalysis ; Social history ; Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts</subject><ispartof>International journal on humanistic ideology, 2022, Vol.XII (1), p.181-192</ispartof><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Uhttps://www.ceeol.com//api/image/getissuecoverimage?id=picture_2022_68413.png</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,4010</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Țion, Lucian</creatorcontrib><title>Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”</title><title>International journal on humanistic ideology</title><addtitle>International Journal on Humanistic Ideology</addtitle><description>Using the playtext of the theatrical performance Romanian History Abridged, which premiered in Cluj in 2021, I investigate the way in which Lacanian psychoanalysis relates to the repression of historical facts, and the perpetuation of a mythicized version of Romanian history. This state-sponsored practice favors the preservation of the ongoing Romanian identity crisis, which, I argue, describes national culture. In the article I also explain the way in which the play deconstructs the dominant nationalist discourse through various theatrical devices such as the Verfremdungseffekt, and the employment of satire and irony, which are used to question, reposition and decontextualize such founding myths as the Daco-Roman ethnogenesis thesis, and the treatment of fascist figures like Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu in current Romanian historical narratives.</description><subject>Fine Arts / Performing Arts</subject><subject>History</subject><subject>History of Art</subject><subject>Psychoanalysis</subject><subject>Social history</subject><subject>Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts</subject><issn>1844-458X</issn><issn>2285-4517</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2022</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNqFik0KwjAYRIMoWLRHEHKBQtJ_XCoWVyLqwl1N209NSZOStPseRC_Xk9iCrp3NDO_NBFmuGweOH9Boiiwa-_6w4-sc2caUZIhH_YiEFrolLNM8Zw2XD3yCCqpMM5kDZrLAR9A1NO1P1hqM4Uqu8WFASjqblotidOO5eQLuu9dJVUxyJvFZtaLv3ks0uzNhwP72Aq2S3WW7d3IAJdJStVoOPKUkcOOQeP_8BwCrRGo</recordid><startdate>2022</startdate><enddate>2022</enddate><creator>Țion, Lucian</creator><general>Presa Universitara Clujeana</general><general>Cluj University Press</general><scope>AE2</scope><scope>BIXPP</scope><scope>REL</scope></search><sort><creationdate>2022</creationdate><title>Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”</title><author>Țion, Lucian</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-ceeol_journals_10528603</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2022</creationdate><topic>Fine Arts / Performing Arts</topic><topic>History</topic><topic>History of Art</topic><topic>Psychoanalysis</topic><topic>Social history</topic><topic>Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts</topic><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Țion, Lucian</creatorcontrib><collection>Central and Eastern European Online Library (C.E.E.O.L.) (DFG Nationallizenzen)</collection><collection>CEEOL: Open Access</collection><collection>Central and Eastern European Online Library - CEEOL Journals</collection><jtitle>International journal on humanistic ideology</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Țion, Lucian</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”</atitle><jtitle>International journal on humanistic ideology</jtitle><addtitle>International Journal on Humanistic Ideology</addtitle><date>2022</date><risdate>2022</risdate><volume>XII</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>181</spage><epage>192</epage><pages>181-192</pages><issn>1844-458X</issn><eissn>2285-4517</eissn><abstract>Using the playtext of the theatrical performance Romanian History Abridged, which premiered in Cluj in 2021, I investigate the way in which Lacanian psychoanalysis relates to the repression of historical facts, and the perpetuation of a mythicized version of Romanian history. This state-sponsored practice favors the preservation of the ongoing Romanian identity crisis, which, I argue, describes national culture. In the article I also explain the way in which the play deconstructs the dominant nationalist discourse through various theatrical devices such as the Verfremdungseffekt, and the employment of satire and irony, which are used to question, reposition and decontextualize such founding myths as the Daco-Roman ethnogenesis thesis, and the treatment of fascist figures like Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu in current Romanian historical narratives.</abstract><pub>Presa Universitara Clujeana</pub><tpages>12</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1844-458X
ispartof International journal on humanistic ideology, 2022, Vol.XII (1), p.181-192
issn 1844-458X
2285-4517
language eng
recordid cdi_ceeol_journals_1052860
source ProQuest One Literature
subjects Fine Arts / Performing Arts
History
History of Art
Psychoanalysis
Social history
Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
title Fabricating Remembrance and Perpetuating Repression: Nation-Building and the “Romanian Soul”
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-30T09%3A48%3A39IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-ceeol&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Fabricating%20Remembrance%20and%20Perpetuating%20Repression:%20Nation-Building%20and%20the%20%E2%80%9CRomanian%20Soul%E2%80%9D&rft.jtitle=International%20journal%20on%20humanistic%20ideology&rft.au=%C8%9Aion,%20Lucian&rft.date=2022&rft.volume=XII&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=181&rft.epage=192&rft.pages=181-192&rft.issn=1844-458X&rft.eissn=2285-4517&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cceeol%3E1052860%3C/ceeol%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-ceeol_journals_10528603%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_ceeol_id=1052860&rfr_iscdi=true