Transcript Romanian Literary Histories between Tradition and Modernity Drd. Ioana Andreea MIRCEA Universitatea ”Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu, Facultatea de Litere şi Arte, Sibiu, România [email protected] +40 740124458

Romanian Literary Histories
between Tradition and Modernity
Drd. Ioana Andreea MIRCEA
Universitatea ”Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu,
Facultatea de Litere şi Arte,
Sibiu, România
[email protected]
+40 740124458
The present paper aims to analyze
Romanian literary histories, published after
1990, from different perspectives:
• tradition and canon
• modernity and multiple ‘canons’.
This analysis:
• will show how the literary histories, both
traditional and modern, have influenced the
development of the genre in Romania
• will illustrate the crisis that these
productions seem to go through nowadays
at a conceptual level.
Traditional literary histories
• claim a reccurent model in G. Călinescu
• have an extensive narrative structure
• are aiming to be a representation of a totality
• are trying to cover, present and interpret almost all
literary productions of a certain period (usually from
origins to present).
Modern literary histories
• have an illustrative model in N. Manolescu
• might have a compressed narrative structure
• have innovative principles of writing like
interpretation and fragmentation
• can focus on a smaller period, on themes or
motifs, even on literary eccentricities
• might have a plurarity of views, with a clear view of
the inner and the outer of multiculturalism of literatures
We have made a critical – historical analysis of the
most important literary histories appeared after 1990
based on:
the claimed model
the structure
the principles of writing
the echoes their appearance had in the literary press
and we have illustrated what is a possible future of
this kind of productions in the next few years.
Conclusions:
• Literary histories will not disappear because there
will always be a need of organizing the literary
productions on different criteria.
• The widen concept of literary history will create an
overture of a synchronization with international
literary history.
Cercetare realizată în cadrul proiectului POSDRU/CPP107/DMI1.5/S/78651
cu titlul “Armonizarea valenţelor româneşti cu cele ale comunităţii
europene”, cofinanţat din Fondul Social European prin Programul Sectorial
pentru Dezvoltarea Resurselor Umane 2007 – 2013
Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, Phd student
Universitatea ”Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu,
Facultatea de Litere şi Arte, Sibiu, România
[email protected]