Abstract:This article discusses the fictional transpositions of a traumatic event in recent Romanian
history in some contemporary novels by women writers. Decree 770/1966 meant the brutal
intervention of the paternalistic state in the private lives of its citizens and the redefinition of
gender roles to the effect of translating reproductive roles into productive ones. The theme
of abortion is analysed from the theoretical perspective of new historicism and cultural
materialism and through a feminine and feminist lens … Show more
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