Paradoxuri ale corpului în romanul Tatianei Țîbuleac, Vara în care mama a avut ochii verzi

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present how, in the narrative Vara în care mama a avut ochii verzi (The Summer When Mum Had Green Eyes) by Tatiana Țîbuleac, the mother’s body becomes a pretext for the identity construction of the characters. Our analysis is based on the mother-son relationship and our objective is to identify the paradoxes of the body in the novel, starting with the mother’s eyes, the core idea of the story. On the one hand, the eyes make the connection between the inside and the outside of the characters. The mother suffers a physical transformation and the changes of the body have a great impact on Aleksy’s interiority, the son with mental health problems. On the other hand, another paradox of the corporeality in the novel is the one of the body’s disolution that is restoring the relationship between the rebellious teenager and his dying mother. The
more the mother's body changes, the more love replaces hate and changes the way in which Aleksy perceives reality. Finally, the last part of the study will focus on the paradoxical way in which death actually means an inner birth, solving the identity problems of the characters.