Constructed Spaces in Liviu Rebreanu's Ion

The study offers an analysis of Liviu Rebreanu’s novel entitled Ion based on the viewpoints of the narratology of space. It examines whether a narratological approach based on distinct terms of space is capable of revealing such aspects of narration which other narratological methods fail to provide...

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