Overview
Lecturer
Gabriela Chiciudean
Seminar tutor
Lucian Vasile Bâgiu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
No Erasmus+ Language
Domain
Education Sciences
Field of study
Pedagogy of primary and preschool education
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Problematization and learning through discovery. Conversation
Entry requirements
N/A Bachelor’s degree
Aims
Synthetic and analytical, aesthetic and cultural presentation of the Romanian literary phenomenon
Description and exemplification of the evolution of Romanian literature
To exemplify the forms of evolution of the Romanian literature (epochs, currents, genres, etc.) and to interpret the literary phenomenon in historical and cultural context. Explanation of key concepts in understanding Romanian literature
Course contents
1. Synthetic view on Romanian literature in diachronicity: periodization and contextualization
2. The beginnings; The Chroniclers; D. Cantemir; The Ardelean School; the (pre) romantic stage; Ion Budai Deleanu
3. The era of the Great Classics (M. Eminescu, I. Creangă, I.L. Caragiale, I. Slavici, Titu Maiorescu).
4. Literature from the end of the century. XIX - beginning of the century. XX (sowing and populism; symbolism (G. Coşbuc, O. Goga, Al. Macedonski, G. Bacovia)
5. The interwar period in Romanian literature: cultural directions and
literary (traditionalism and modernism); representatives of literary prose and criticism (Liviu Rebreanu, Camil Petrescu, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, G. Călinescu, E. Lovinescu, Mihail Sadoveanu, Mircea Eliade)
6. The interwar period in Romanian literature: representatives of poetry (Tudor Arghezi, Lucian Blaga ş.a.); avangarda românească
7. The post-war period (1945-1989): Romanian literature in the communist regime; the 1950s and "new literature"; the '60 generation (Nichita Stanescu); representatives of prose (Marin Preda, Vasile Voiculescu); postmodernism (M. Cărtărescu)
Learning outcomes
Incorporating in a unitary and coherent structure the main moments in the chronological evolution of Romanian culture and literature
Assessment
A two-hour written examination (50% of the final grade) Combined oral and paper, portfolio, project (25% + 25% of the final grade)
Recommended reading
Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent (The history of Romanian literature from its origins to the present)
George Călinescu
Ed. Minerva, București, 1986
Istoria literaturii române contemporane (The history of contemporary Romanian literature)
Eugen Lovinescu
Ed. Minerva, Byucurești, 1973
Dicţionar analitic de opere literare româneşti (Analytical dictionary of Romanian literary works)
Ion Pop
E.D.P., București, 1998