Course RE213 · Year II · Autumn 2026-2027

ROMANIAN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (1890-1920)

Compulsory course in Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature, taught by Maria Georgeta Orian.

Overview

Lecturer
Maria Georgeta Orian
Seminar tutor
Sorina Victoria
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Language and literature
Field of study
Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Power Point LectureProblem raising and Learning by discoveryConversation and text commentary
Entry requirements
History of the Romanian literature and civilization (Beginnings-1870) History of the Romanian literature and civilization (1870-1890)

Aims

To include the major moments of the Romanian literature and cultural chronological evolution at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century into a coherent, unitary structure

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Course contents

1. I. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS  Contextualisation and Periodisation  Cultural and literary trends at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century 2-6. II. POETRY  Clasicism, romantism, traditionalism and poporanism:  George COŞBUC  Octavian GOGA  Şt. O. Iosif  Symbolism:  Al. MACEDONSKI  Ion MINULESCU  George BACOVIA 7-10. III. PROSE  Clasicism, romantism, traditonalism and poporanism:  Calistrat HOGAŞ  Traditional and modern realism:  Duiliu ZAMFIRESCU  Ion AGÂRBICEANU  Gala Galaction  Romantism, realism and naturalism:  Barbu Ştefănescu DELAVRANCEA 11. IV. DRAMATURGIA  Romantism:  Barbu Ştefănescu DELAVRANCEA  Mihail Sorbul 12-13. V. CRITIQUE  Constantin DOBROGEANU-GHEREA  Garabet IBRĂILEANU  Nicolae Iorga 14. VI. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS  Fundamental aspects of literature at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century  Conclusions

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 specialised critical bibliography.

Assessment

Conversation; free exposition – 25%Applications; essay writing; portfolio, project – 25%Written paper; quiz; test - 50%

Recommended reading

Istoria literaturii şi civilizaţiei române (Sfârşitul sec. XIX – încep. sec. XX), Alba Iulia, Tipografia Universităţii „1 Decembrie 1918”, Seria Didactica
Ileana Ghemeş
Tipografia Universităţii „1 Decembrie 1918”, Alba Iulia, 2013
Romanian Literature as World Literature
Editor(s): Mircea Martin, Christian Moraru, Andrei Terian
Bloomsbury Academic
The Romanian Novel
Ion Bogdan Lefter, Carmen Matei Mușat
Romanian Cultural Foundation, 1997, 1997
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