Course MR422 · Year I · Summer 2026-2027

CONTEMPORARY POETRY

Compulsory course in Romanian literature and culture in European context, taught by Gabriela Chiciudean.

Overview

Lecturer
Gabriela Chiciudean
Seminar tutor
Lucian Vasile Bâgiu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Philology - Masters
Field of study
Romanian literature and culture in European context
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
none

Aims

Including in a unitary and coherent structure the main moments of chronological evolution of Romanian culture

Including in a unitary and coherent structure the main moments of chronological evolution of Romaniancontemporary literature

Including in a unitary and coherent structure the main moments of chronological evolution of Romaniancontemporary poetry

Course contents

1. Introduction 2. Ştefan Aug. Doinaş, Radu Stanca 3. Leonid Dimov, Virgil Mazilescu 4. Emil Brumaru. Mircea Ivănescu 5. Mircea Cărtărtescu, Florin Iaru 6. Ioan Es. Pop, Marta Petreu 7. Conclusions

Learning outcomes

Initiating students in poetry and prose metamorphoses of contemporary consciousness. Learning students making exegesis of a modern and postmodern poem, and exegesis of romanian postmodern novel.

Assessment

Written paper – interpretative essay – 50%; continuous assessment – 50%.

Recommended reading

Metamorfozele poeziei (Metamorphoses of Poetry)
Nicolae Manolescu
EPL, Bucharest, 1968
Jocul poeziei (The Poetic Game)
Ion Pop
Cartea românească, Buchest, 1982
Existenţa poeziei (The Existence of Poetry)
Gheorghe Grigurcu
Cartea românească, Bucharest, 1986
Opera poetică
Virgil Mazilescu
Aius Printed, Bucharest, 2013
Poezia
Mircea Cărtărescu
Humanitas, Bucharest, 2015