“Becoming-minoritarian”: A Survival Strategy in Sorana Gurian’s Writings

Abstract

Sorana Gurian’s writings explore the search for a space where gendered selves can freely express amidst social, political, or sexual threats. She transcends peripheral status through bilingual works in French and Romanian, revealing modernist identities and struggles for emancipation. Despite promised freedom, modernity often leads to incarceration, highlighting internal incoherence and marginalization. Her “becoming-minoritarian” strategy imagines alternative subjectivities to challenge hegemonies and survive others’ violence.