Alexandru Davila – The Project as Work of Art. The Father Complex

Authors

  • Florin Faifer University of Iași, Romania

Keywords:

Alexandru Davila, Vlaicu Vodă, the National Theatre in Bucharest, Romanian theatre

Abstract

Taking as a central focus the complex figure of the famous Romanian playwright Alexandru Davila, this paper follows the line of his life and career, from his  aristocratic origins to his family relations and from his revolutionary activity as an intransigent theatre director to the plays and literature he wrote. A special  accent is put on his best text, Vlaicu Vodă [Prince Vlaicu] a historical play, classical in its construction but very modern due to the psychological  refinement manifested by the protagonist, as well as from his doubly meaningful physiognomy – he was a voivode in times of dark adversity, but also, from  an archetypal perspective, a tragic hero of certain historic immutabilities. Forced to act prudently under the threat of a catastrophic failure, Vlaicu  capitalized, in a refined manner, the experience of the Romanian people itself, which had become accustomed, due to the hardships of history, to keep  silent and endure in expectation of an occasion appropriate for action.

Author Biography

Florin Faifer, University of Iași, Romania

FLORIN FAIFER is a Professor and historian of Romanian literature and theatre. He is the author of many books, among which: Incursiuni în istoria literaturii dramatice româneşti – Regăsiri [Incursions in  the History of Romanian Dramatic Literature - Recoveries], Iaşi, Editura Universitas XXI, 2008; Incursiuni  în istoria teatrului universal (de la origini până în Renaştere). Theatrum mundi [Incursions in  the History of World Theatre (from the origins to the Renaissance). Theatrum mundi], Iaşi, Editura  Timpul, 2010; Incursiuni în istoria criticii dramatice româneşti. Zodia balanţei [Incursions in the History  of Romanian Theatre Criticism. The Libra Zodiac Sign], Iaşi, Editura Timpul, 2010.

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Published

2022-01-26

How to Cite

Faifer, F. (2022). Alexandru Davila – The Project as Work of Art. The Father Complex. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 63(1), 163–176. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/188