Book Review: Carmen ANDREI, Réflexions sur l’identité, la culture et la littérature belges, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2022

Abstract

Carmen Andrei is a remarkable author, if only for the 7 books she has published to date as a single author: Vers la maîtrise de la traduction littéraire (guide théorique et pratique), Galaţi, Galaţi University Press, 2014 ; Littérature française du XVIIe siècle. Notes de cours, Galaţi, Editura Europlus, 2007 ; Littérature française du XVIIIe siècle. Notes de cours, Galaţi, Editura Europlus, 2007 ; Romans libertins du XVIIIe siècle. Configurations narratives, Bucureşti, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 2006’ Stratégies textuelles dans le discours libertin des Lumières, Bucureşti, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 2006 ; Précis de narratologie française, Bucureşti, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 2004 ; L’Essai littéraire. Vade-mecum théorique et pratique, Bucureşti, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 2004. This is a book that presents authors and works from the Belgian space in a clearly focused way. Carmen Andrei provides pertinent analyses and reviews in an elegant and concise style, steering away from pathos and clichés.

Keywords

• Belgian literature
• Francophony
• identity