Le leader politique et la (ré) structuration de la démarche politique dans la nouvelle de Constantin Negruzzi – Alexandru Lăpuşneanu

Abstract

This study has as starting point the political theme of Costache Negruzzi’s novella, Alexandru
Lăpuşneanu, theme interconnected with the crucial moments in the destiny and evolution of the protagonist.
By taking scenes, facts and lines from Grigore Ureche’s chronic, Costache Negruzzi has managed to
originally depict the political leader seen in many contrasting hypostases and many exceptional situations:
the tyrannical and cruel leader or the feared husband. Emphasized by the author in a Romantic manner,
Alexandru Lăpuşneanu manages to surpass his merely historical personality (justified by his political
speech) through his despotic profile, exhibiting an extreme sadism and an extreme dehumanization.