The Beginning of an Adventure

I'm taking an independent study reading and analyzing the following six Romanian novels:

• Ion, by Liviu Rebreanu
• Forest of the Hanged (Padurea Spanzuratiilor), by Liviu Rebreanu
• Adam and Eve, by Liviu Rebreanu
• The Uprising, by Liviu Rebreanu
• Gathering Clouds, by Cezar Petrescu
• The Hatchet, by Mihail Sadoveanu.

I know that's a lot of novels by Rebreanu, but I was trying to limit myself to early 20th century, and only a select number of novels have been translated into English and made available to the public. (I'm going through OhioLink and InterLibraryLoan to find some of these titles. But Kent State University has a number of them, as well as criticism on Romanian Lit, so I'll have to look into their lit department for follow-up.)

Right now I've ordered the books and will pick them up from the Bierce Library at the University of Akron. I'm also ordering commentaries and history books as I prepare to write the short papers for this course.

I'll be updating this blog not only with my reflections on readings, but also with any insight I gain from outside readings, leads to look into for future projects, and possibly even bibliographies. We'll see where this ends up.