French classicism in the Romanian literature. Brief history of "errors" of interpreting Cover Image

Clasicismul francez în spaţiul românesc. Scurtă istorie a „erorilor“ de interpretare
French classicism in the Romanian literature. Brief history of "errors" of interpreting

Author(s): Marius Popa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: French Classicism; misreading; ideology; literary paradigm; history of literature

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian literature was, without any doubt, one of the most receptive European literatures regarding the French classical episteme and its esthetical principles. From Gheorghe Asachi or Ion Heliade Rădulescu to Paul Zarifopol or Eugen Lovinescu, the autochthonous writers have fervently pronounced themselves for and/or against the French Classicism, which has become, and not only once, the programmatic scope for the legitimation of their own literary or ideological options. The most offering situations are those when this esthetical paradigm is improperly perceived, as it has to translate the authors’ intention within a certain conjuncture. Both the compliance and the controversy between the Romanian literary universe and the French classical dogma repeatedly hide some situations where the misreading works (are more or less deliberate) as a legitimate mechanism, 'capable` to motivate the orientations which were supported by important names of the literary universe in order to be enforced to the cultural horizon.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 113-120
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian