National identity in contemporary romanian poetry from the Cernauti region: representative lyric landmarks

Abstract

Through the mediation of poetic creation, belonging to the writers Vasile Levițchi, Arcadie Suceveanu, and Vasile Tărâțeanu – leading figures of the Romanian literature in Northern Bucovina – the theme of national identity is elucidated. This leitmotif is enduring, initially determined by the occupation of part of the Romanian territory by the Habsburg Empire, and in the 20th century, by the Soviet Union. In their works, these poets emphasize, first and foremost, the spiritual treasures endangered by foreigners, as well as the destructive interventions carried out in the material and geographical area. Among these spiritual treasures, at the forefront there stand the mother tongue, Romanian customs and traditions inherited from ancestors: national holidays and rituals– in a word, the entire folkloric literary heritage.