Course aims:

To cover the major moments in the Romanian literature and culture chronological evolution in the inter-war period within European culture in a coherent, unitary structure
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Course Entry Requirements:

History of the Press (1790-1920)

Course contents:

1. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. Contextualisation and Periodisation. 2. WRITING CO-ORDINATES IN THE ROMANIAN INTER–WAR LITERARY AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND:  passion for journalism;  getting aut of sedentarism;  opening towards new cultural horizons.  Bibliography 3-5. NICOLAE IORGA (1871-1940) AND HIS ORIENTATION  Biobibliografic notes  Coordonates of his pre-war thinking  Bibliography. 6-9. EUGEN LOVINESCU (1881-1943) AND THE MODERNIST OFFENSIVE  Biobibliografic notes  Coordinates of Lovinescu modernism  Bibliography 10-13. NICHIFOR CRAINIC (1889-1972) AND THE TRADITIONAL DEFFENSIVE  Biobibliografic notes  Cardinal points of the traditional thinking doctrine  Bibliography 14. CONCLUSIONS

Teaching methods:

1. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. Contextualisation and Periodisation. 2. WRITING CO-ORDINATES IN THE ROMANIAN INTER–WAR LITERARY AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND: passion for journalism; getting aut of sedentarism; opening towards new cultural horizons.

Learning outcomes:

Interpretation and critical evaluation of the Romanian literary phenomenon in different contexts Presenting a professional viewpoint on the literary phenomenon starting from the positions expressed in the critical bibliography

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Conversation; free exposition – 50% Written paper; quiz; test - 50%

Recommended reading:

Ileana Ghemeş, Atitudini culturale româneşti (1920-1940), Tipografia Universităţii „1 Decembrie 1918”, Alba Iulia, 2013, Subjects, bibliography, syntheses.
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