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MODERNIST LITERATURE BETWEEN 1960-1980
MODERNIST LITERATURE BETWEEN 1960-1980

Author(s): Amalia-Maria Roșioru
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Cultural history, Romanian Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: reform; modern; generation; censorship/political system; new novel;

Summary/Abstract: Between 1960-1980, literature came to know a modernization process through the change of perspective which glided towards allegory. The new generation of writers, which consists of Nichita Stănescu, Dumitru Radu Popescu, Fănuș Neagu, Nicolae Velea, Ștefan Bănulescu, Sorin Titel, Augustin Buzura, Nicolae Breban, George Bălăiță, Paul Anghel, Alexandru Ivasiuc, Dumitru Țepeneag will impose a new literary style which avoided censorship. Literary critics is relaunched in a surprising way through the contributions of Lucian Raicu, Gabriel Dimisianu, Valeriu Cristea, Nicolae Manolescu, Eugen Simion, Mircea Iorgulescu. The literary romanian landscape will also be influenced by the translations of Kafka, Faulkner, Marquez, Borges. In this time period, a reform of prose will occur at the same time with the political liberation of 1960.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 1069-1075
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian