Abstract
El texto discute las memorias de la juventud rumana durante el comunismo tardío. Los textos autobiográficos postransicionales fueron elegidos como un corpus de investigación principal basado en la distancia temporal y en la superación revelada del discurso de memoria del trauma. Siguiendo las principales representaciones y temas estructurales, los análisis indican la narrativización de los recuerdos y representaciones generacionales, incluidas las líneas principales de conflictos generacionales. Los análisis también revelan una narrativa compleja del pasado, que involucra la transición a la juventud y datos específicos de las condiciones de vida y los desafíos presentados durante el comunismo tardío. Se identificó una conexión significativa entre la nostalgia y los recuerdos comunistas. La participación activa en la obtención de diferentes productos indica la compleja conexión entre la nostalgia y el recuerdo de la época comunista.
Highlights
Introduction2. Discourses of memory and everyday life research 3
The analyses reveal a complex narrative of the past, involving the transition to youth years and specific data of the life conditions and challenges during late communism
My aim is to discuss the memory of the late communism in Romania in the autobiographical texts written after the transitional years and to elaborate further on the directions indicated above
Summary
Researchers of everyday life highlight the average individuals’ agency in the former communist Eastern European states, challenging the previous narratives that insisted upon the absolute power of the political dictatorial regimes and the elites’ unique capacity to challenge the regime policies. The everyday life in socialism was largely explored following two main directions: the consumption during the soviet regime and the nostalgic approach of the past. My aim is to discuss the memory of the late communism in Romania in the autobiographical texts written after the transitional years and to elaborate further on the directions indicated above. The material to be analyzed was selected based on chronological and topical criteria in order to indicate the autobiographically created portrait of the Romanian youth in the late communism. Different volumes were selected based on their life writing approach and the inclusion of youth memories. Discussing the narrativization of generational memories and representations, I am focusing on the agency component, on its forms and presence in autobiographical writings
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