Course aims:

to include the most important moments of the Romanian literature and culture, in chronological evolution, in the inter-war period within European culture into a coherent structure
to practice close reading
to write a synthesis essay on the most important ways of thinking in Romanian culture in the period between the two world wars

Course Entry Requirements:

It is preferable for the student to have attended the courses of the six semesters of Romanian Literature, Culture and Civilization (Bachelor's degree)

Course contents:

This course will study the works of some important Romanian writers (such as Nae Ionescu, Mircea Eliade, Mircea Vulcănescu, Dan Botta, Eugen Ionescu, Emil Cioran; Mihail Sebastian) from the interwar period, in close relation with the work of some eEuropean intellectuals, such as Ferdinand Tonnies, Oswald Spengler, Leo Frobenius, Hermann Keyserling, Nikolai Berdiaev, Charles Maurras, Henri Massis, Jacques Maritain, Rene Guenon, Lucien Romier, Julius Evola, Ortega y Gasset. 

Teaching methods:

Cooperative Learning, Lecture, Student-Centered / Constructivist Approach

Learning outcomes:

to include the most important moments of the Romanian literature and culture, in chronological evolution, in the inter-war period wtihin European culture into a coherent structure

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

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

Recommended reading:

Stefan Baghiu, The Relative Autonomy of Literature: Romanian Literary Criticism and Theory Before World War II, Transilvania, nr. 5, Sibiu, 2020, 29-38.
Mircea Martin, Christian Moraru, and Andrei Terian (eds.), Romanian Literature as World Literature, Bloomsbury, New York:, 2018, 10-110.
Stefan Baghiu, Translations of Novels in the Romanian Culture during the Interwar Period and WWII (1918-1944): A Quantitative Perspective, Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory, Cluj-Napoca, 2021, 28-45.