Regimuri de relevanță, puncte de rezistență: literatura română în postcomunism

Abstract

The article discusses the condition of literary history at a time of disciplinary crisis, when literary studies appear, globally, to renegotiate their connection to the social and to social sciences. In trying to articulate ways for literary history to incorporate more socially aware concepts in its practice, I turn to two recent proposals by Galin Tihanov (“regimes of relevance”) and Mihai Iovănel (“resistance points”). Finally, the article applies the finds of both concepts to postcommunist Romanian literature in an attempt to reach a more supple and at the same time comprehensive angle.