The Role and Importance of the Greatest Romanian Literature Classics within Nowadays Cultural Frame and Society
The Role and Importance of the Greatest Romanian Literature Classics within Nowadays Cultural Frame and Society

Summary/Abstract: Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus We all live in an epoch where it is easier to copy than to create, it is easier to borrow than to invent, it is easier to use words from other languages than translating them into your native language, it is easier to celebrate other peoples’ festal occasions than those of your own country and culture, in a word it is easier to be someone else than to be yourself. In an epoch of strong globalization we all have the same addiction to be all alike, to be as modern and trendy as possible, to share new sets of values, to long for being “updated” and “upgraded” to the newest range of things starting with clothes, music, communication devices etc. to even culture patterns. Nowadays it is old fashioned reading a book when one can easily leaf the summary on one’s iphone or even better watch the 3D movie. But what does culture mean nowadays? When it is easier to give it a copy than to work creatively, easier to plagiarize than to be original, it is easier to improvise than to bring into existence? In a powerfully technological society where everything is only one click distance and each thing can be performed with a minimal effort, in a society where future is written every day by a new invention made to change, improve and facilitate our life, in a society where literature is synonymous with e-books, in a society where children discover first the virtual life and after that the real one, in such a society classic values are more difficult to be recognized and understood and almost impossible to be re-placed and reshaped according to the nowadays society and confer them the right place they should always belong to.

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