Recommended Citation: Fuioagă, Anastasia. “Monstrous Gender Queerness: Codifying Feminisation in 20th Century Romanian Prose”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.01.

Abstract: The theme of queerness within Romanian literature remains relatively marginal and is often treated as an exotic subject, thus representing a substantial opportunity for literary scholarship. Furthermore, in Romanian cultural discourse,...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Paoliello-Palermo, Antonio. “Frames of Memory: The Cinematic Past in a Taiwanese Graphic Novel”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.02.

Abstract: The nostalgic recollection of the past is central to contemporary cultural production, yet its intersection within Sinophone comics remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap by examining how recent graphic novels from Taiwan engage...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Cumpănă, Arabella-Angelina. “Map of China: A Perspective On the Shifting Position of China’s Contemporary Art Scene in The Context of Globalisation”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.03.

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse how ongoing globalizing tendencies, through the reconfiguration of the previously Western-dominant epistemic framework, have bolstered the visibility of the...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Aniculăese, Codrin. “Persistent Pattern, Significant Form: Redemptive Artificiality in William Gaddis’ The Recognitions”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.04.

Abstract: The present study aims to trace in William Gaddis’ 1955 The Recognitions a celebration of artificiality which prefigures a radical post-structural theory. I initially survey early criticism of Gaddis’ novel, in an...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Huțanu, Diana, Alisa Tite. “Navigating Ideological Divides: Alternative Feminist Discourse(S) Within the Romanian Contemporary Literary Sphere”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.05.

Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the emergence of alternative feminist platforms (such as Literatură și feminism, Premiile Sofia Nădejde, Buletin de știri Ecaterina Arbore, Cooperativa arbore, Pagini...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Lupașcu, Emanuel, Bogdan Vișan. “Textualising Labour: Contemporary Romanian Poetry and Its Crisis of Realism”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.06.

Abstract: This article explores the formal and ideological dynamics of realism, autobiography, and autotheory in contemporary Romanian poetry, situating it within the evolving dynamics of capitalist division of labour. We argue that the...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Ågerup, Karl. “In What Society Do Fictional Characters Speak? Identifying and Discussing Theoretical Challenges in Sociolinguistic Analyses of Literature”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.07.

Abstract: This article examines the use of literary fiction as a source of data for analysing linguistic patterns in social contexts. By highlighting two interconnected methodological challenges...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Chatterjee, Nilanjana. “A ‘Hijra’ House of ‘Their’ Own: Reading Trans Domesticity in Indian Anglophone Trans Autobiographical Narratives”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.08.

Abstract: Everyday trans experiences in an otherwise heteronormative society are enacted within the domestic sphere, where they have a profound impact. This is because domestic world is not only the first world...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Petr Bubeníček, Petr Vokřínek. “Literature and Photography: Media’s Quest to Decipher the Mystery of the Everyday”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.09.

Abstract: This article examines the intersection of literature and photography, focusing on their ability to capture everyday life. It explores the evolution of photography in 1930s and 1940s Czech culture, a period marked by aesthetic...   ⇨ Read more

Recommended Citation: Gutiérrez Echeverría, Santiago D. “New Sincerity and the Literary Self-Portrait: A Case Study Across Modernism, Postmodernism and Beyond”. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10.2 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.18.10.

Abstract: In this paper I take two recent cases of literary self-portraits to argue that both function as artistic manifestations of the 1990’s concept of New Sincerity, which was proposed by David Foster Wallace in...   ⇨ Read more

Review by Amalia COTOI
Faculty of Letters, “Babeș-Bolyai” University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
amalia.cotoi@ubbcluj.ro

Review by Horațiu TOHĂTAN
Faculty of Letters, “Babeș-Bolyai” University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
horatiu.tohatan@gmail.com

Review by Iulia VÎRBAN
Faculty of Letters, “Babeș-Bolyai” University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
iulia.maria.virban@gmail.com