Onirism Și Expresionism în Proza Lui H. Bonciu

Abstract The prose of H. Bonciu, represented by his two novels, Bagaj… and Pensiunea doamnei Pipersberg , was placed by critics into a quite ambiguous zone of intersection between expressionism, late avant-garde and even surrealism. The purpose of the present paper is that of delineating and analysing the oneiric instances which are identified in H. Bonciuʼs writing (in Bagaj... and Pensiunea doamnei Pipersberg ) and also their manifestation within an expressionist (or surrealist) perspective in the Romanian cultural space. Moreover, the oneiric element, in its various forms that occur in these texts, also represents the various facets of anguish that disturb H. Bonciuʼs writing conscience in a specific historical period. It can be stated that the present paper can be included in the discussion scope of The Oneiric Factor in Literature and Arts, with the recurrent emphasis that it is impossible to enclose H. Bonciuʼs prose into ultimate categories of meaning. The present paper proposes a hermeneutic analysis of the novels mentioned above, focusing on elaborating and interpreting the implications of the oneiric element which was identified as a recurring stylistic method. Thus, even though there were multiple attempts to delineate the genres and aesthetic directions that run through H. Bonciu’s prose, this specific approach does not meet H. Bonciu’s actual creative scope, which is why we are revisiting his aesthetic and stylistic intentions.