Traumatic Reconstructions and Identity Fractures in Oleg Serebrian’s Novel ‘Cântecul mării’

Abstract

The present article represents an applied analysis of Oleg Serebrian’s novel ‘The Song of the Sea.’ It examines a wide range of literary representations that highlight the disastrous period at the end of World War II and the dramatic consequences that befell the Romanian ethnic population in Bukovina. The author captures the entire oppressive mechanism and how the totalitarian system managed to create identity fractures, leaving deep traumas in the collective memory. Simultaneously, we observed the moral deviation that an ideology can produce, effectively depicted through fictional characters, revealing the entire process of identity erosion in Bukovina. Consequently, we have appreciated the literary value and artistic sensitivity that succeeded in illustrating a world in a mess.