ION BREAZU AND THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER
ION BREAZU AND THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER

Summary/Abstract: During the 20th century, Romanian drama has met a connection to the new European and aesthetic requirements. In literature appear signs of a renewal that would signify, in the period between the two world wars, among other things, the entrance of drama in a unique era of complex modernity. The waiting horizon of Romanian literature diversifies and a pre-war, interwar and postwar theatrical creation can be discussed from a diachronic standpoint, because historical events, respectively world wars and social and political conjunctions from these periods have left a clear mark on the universe of thematic approaches from drama and literature in general. Ion Breazu, an exceptional scholar, does not stop at a single activity of rendition of the theatric show but is attracted by origins, aware of the evolution of Romanian drama which he tries to broadly establish, as much as his carefully organized time allows him, and especially analyzing the Transylvanian creators` creations. The modernity and topicality of Breazu in everything that he undertook in the frame of culture is due to his allegiance to the generation of philologists formed at the historical school of G. Bogdan-Duică, based on Georg Brandes` studies. By studying the meaning of Transylvania in national literature, the contribution of this space to the progress of Romanian culture, the osmosis and the intense, changes or mutual influences, although a lot of researchers have taken care of these aspects, Ion Breazu remains a personality, although secondary, which illustrated the Transylvanian space in the interwar and post-war period. We think that it is our duty, of those who know these realities, to highlight the emblematic figure of the `Transylvanian man`, to take him out from the shadows that he has entered over time.

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