The Reception of Romanian Literature from the Republic of Moldova in Ukraine: Plurigenural Anthologies

Abstract

In the present article, the author highlights an important aspect of the RomanianUkrainian literary dialogue: the editing by Ukrainians in the years from 1953 to 1977 of four plurigenural anthological collections from the literary creation and partly from the folklore of the Republic of Moldova. These editions are seen by the researcher as a significant contribution to the above mentioned dialogue. But the dominance of the ideological dictatorship in that period left its negative mark on several works included in anthologies – a fact that determined a value discernment of the material in each editorial unit. This action is accomplished in the hope that the dialogue discussed will be reopened in the upcoming years. Therefore, the author’s comments pursued several purposes: listing the writings that have devalued in the meantime showing the causes of this phenomenon; indication of the selection criteria and directions for the development of new volumes such as plurigenural anthologies.