Incantation of the Romanians: History and Actuality
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StatusThe thesis was presented on the 28 December, 2004Approved by NCAA on the 24 February, 2005 Abstract – 0.32 Mb / in romanian |
Keywords
demonology, incantation, ethnology, ritual folklore, magic, folk medicine, popular mythology, poetics of incantation, divinatory practices, witchcraftSummary
The doctor thesis „Incantation of the Romanians: History and Actuality“ represents a study on the incantation tradition from the origins till present. The research is elaborated as the result of studying the published works, as well as the archive data or the case researches of the author.
On the basis of the published works in our country and abroad the most important problems linked with incantation and incantating were analyzed, among which an important place is played by the origin and evolution of the ritual, terminological determinations and classification of the texts of magic poems.
A big number of materials on the place were used in the work, thus contributing to the substitution of some gaps traced out in the process of the phenomenon research. Thus, an important stage in the performance of recovery ritual was outlined: the divinatory practices. As it was affirmed, the archaic thought equalizes the revealing of the sickness origin with recovery. The divinatory techniques, described in the thesis, express the complex approach of the divinatory practices present in other popular faiths as well.
The research is elaborated in the context of typological functional system of recovery rituals. The examples present an interest from the point of view of compared researches, demonstrating the presence of some motifs of Indo-European origin partially penetrated through Ancient Greek and Romanian culture.
The problems linked with the artistic structure of incantation are approached under a new light. At the same time, the registered materials in the last decades indicate the degradation of the species, expressed through the reducing of the number of rows of the poem texts.
The existence of the incantation tradition in the present conditions is regarded as an integrant part of the witchcraft existence in traditional consciousness. In the work the incantation functioning from the beginning of the XIX-th century till present days is presented. Being present nowadays as well in some folklore environments, the incantation involves a complex research based on modern methods of research.
The importance of the elaborated work consists both in capitalization of some archive and place novelty materials and in the findings of theoretical order regarding the level of problem study and the imposed new directions of research.
The results of the research will contribute to the adequate reflection of the given field in the
specialty works and to further impellent of researches.
Oficial Reviewers
- Loretta Handrabura
doctor, associate professor (docent) - Victor Gaţac
doctor habilitat în filologie, profesor universitar, Institutul de Literatură Universală „A. M. Gorki“, Federaţia Rusă
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