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Medical language and literary expression

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  • Mirela Radu

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Saşa Pană, “(…)walking and ubiquitous archive, ready to reestablish both archeology and history of the Romanian avant-garde†(Ierunca, 1993:190), is the pen name of Alexander Binder-the physician and he is known to the vast majority of Romanian readers for his contribution within the avant-garde movement, being one of “the most competent theoreticians of surrealism.†(Rotaru, 1997:87) In Saşa Pană’s case, the nihilistic language specific to avant-garde was influenced by his profession: physician. In a more careful analysis of his texts we can notice the influence of medical terminology, actually this was the purpose: to shock, to vex and take out the reader from the previous literature routine. If other avant-garde representatives found appealing the city and industrial language, Saşa Pană managed to create the same novel images by using medical vernacular which was at hand.

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  • Mirela Radu, 2015. "Medical language and literary expression," Impact of Socio-economic and Technological Transformations at National, European and International Level (ISETT), Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy, vol. 1.
    • Handle: RePEc:iem:imptrs:v:1:y:2015:id:2822000009328071
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    Keywords

    physician; medicine; medical vernacular; theoretician; avant-garde; nihilism;
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • A30 - General Economics and Teaching - - Multisubject Collective Works - - - General

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