Course aims:

Knowing, understanding and a correct using of fundamental ideas concerning concepts specific to the History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation in Interwar Period
Integration in a coherent structure of main theorizations and value landmarks recognised in the History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation as well as in connected domains.
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Course Entry Requirements:

History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation (from the Beginnings to 1870) History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation (1870-1890) History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation (1890-1920)

Course contents:

General framework of the epoch. The great interwar novelists: Liviu Rebreanu (1885-1944); Camil Petrescu (1894-1957); Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876-1955); Anton Holban (1902-1937); G. Călinescu (1899-1965). ”Unclassifying” work of Mateiu I. Caragiale (1885-1936). Interwar creation of M. Sadoveanu (1880-1961). Mircea Eliade’s (1907-1986) literary activity in the interwar period. The great interwar poets: Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967); Lucian Blaga (1895-1961); Ion Barbu (1895-1961). Other representatives of the interwar prose, poetry and playwriting: Gib I. Mihăescu, Ionel Teodoreanu, Max Blecher, Al. Philippide, Ion Pillat, Aron Cotruş, Mihail Sebastian, Tudor Muşatescu. Final considerations: fundamental aspects of contemporary Romanian literature during 1920-1944; prose development.

Teaching methods:

Power Point LectureProblem raising and Learning by discoveryConversation and text commentary; exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

Interpretation and critical evaluation of the History of the Romanian Literature and Civilisation in Interwar Period in different contexts Presenting a professional viewpoint on the literary phenomenon starting from the positions expressed in the specialised critical bibliography.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

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

Recommended reading:

Lucian Blaga, Complete Poetical Works of Lucian Blaga, Center for Romanian Studies, https://books.google.ro/books?id=TuccAQAAIAAJ&dq=romanian+poetry&hl=ro&source=gbs_book_similarbooks, -.
Editor(s): Mircea Martin, Christian Moraru, Andrei Terian, Romanian Literature as World Literature, Bloomsbury Academic, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/romanian-literature-as-world-literature-9781501327933/?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=0de307e4cabc3e7ac44da316120b53a69e53434b-1575798922-0-AboBOS7Hd2FEp_K4Gme_0u11temgHHFiwmiyQJHyOAVo2MbftCCsmHV27NMOoYNjthSN8gwp-wK14gtZDVvK_6kse, -.
Nicolae MANOLESCU, Istoria critică a literaturii române, Paralela 45, Piteşti, 2008, -.
Ion POP, Dicţionar analitic de opere literare româneşti, E.D.P., Cluj-Napoca, 2003, -.
Ion Bogdan Lefter, Carmen Matei Mușat, The Romanian Novel, Romanian Cultural Foundation, Bucureşti, 1997, -.