Ideologii dominante în presa literară românească a anilor 70
Prevailing Ideologies in the Romanian Literary Press of the 70s

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to analyze how the political and social context of the 70s was reflected in writers’ attitude. Our main objective will be the investigation of the literary press of the 70s (România Literară, Luceafărul, Scînteia). The analysis will show how much writers have complied with the dictatorial regime type, where the arts are required to become part of propaganda, and writers to be agitators. We must underline the fact that the connection between the political, social and cultural factor, is not a mechanical one, meaning that a decision of the political factor, however repressive and dictatorship it is, it will not be applied immediately and not always in the form desired by the initiator. Things become more difficult to analyze when there are unusual institutions: professional organizations - as was the Writers Union - which had only limited authority over members, and the totalitarian state, declaring itself a democrat and supporter of arts and culture, was forced to use blackmail, manipulation or threat members to ensure obedience. The 70s were not uniform either in terms of goals pursued by the Communist Party, or from the perspective of literary production. However the 70s are seen as a golden age of national poetry and prose, fruit of joint creative tradition and innovation, even though writers have faced pressure and censorship imposed by the Communist Party.

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