Dosoftei şi începuturile poeziei româneşti
Dosoftei and the Beginnings of Romanian Poetry

Summary/Abstract: To speak about the beginnings of Romanian poetry, we first have to take into consideration the way our first poets were related to language, because the poverty of the vocabulary has been an impediment in expressing thoughts and ideeas. We also have to make the difference between popular and intelectual poetry. There is no doubt that Romanians have created poetry, starting with Filotei, N. Olahus and M. Costin; but the first attempts in this direction - meaning the use of Romanian instead of other languages - are connected to Coresi and his printings, Psaltirea slavo-română and Pripealele; we also have to mention Varlaam and his poetic thoughts, expressed in La stema ţării, M. Costin and his Viaţa lumii. The first Romanian poet, whose importance cannot be denied, is Dosoftei. His work, Psaltirea pre versuri tocmită, printed at Uniev, in 1673, is considered to be „the first monument of Romanian poetry.” Starting with him, the Romanian language has found its character as the language of Romanian ortodoxy.

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