THE ROMANIAN MODERN NOVEL: A CHANGE OF DIRECTION
THE ROMANIAN MODERN NOVEL: A CHANGE OF DIRECTION

Summary/Abstract: THE FOLLOWING PAPER INTENDS TO ANALYZE THE MAIN CHANGES THAT LED TO THE BIRTH OF THE ROMANIAN NOVEL AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY. E. LOVINESCU WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES THAT SHAPED THE LITERARY ARENA IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD, THE TIME WHEN THE ROMANIAN NOVEL TOOK A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. PROMOTER AND SUPPORTER OF SYNCHRONISM, LOVINESCU GAVE THIS PERIOD ITS FUNDAMENTAL AESTHETIC DIRECTION. IN ORDER TO REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME, A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE WAS REQUIRED. THIS CHANGE INVOLVED NOT ONLY THE SHIFT BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN, BUT ALSO A CERTAIN COMPLEXITY WHICH DERIVED FROM THE INVESTIGATION OF A MORE EVOLVED PSYCHOLOGY. THE NEW TYPE OF NOVEL, BRINGS WITH IT A NEW TYPE OF HERO, A MAN WHO LIVES IN THE BIG CITY, WHO LIVES A LIFE FULL OF MULTIPLE DEMANDS, WHOSE STRUGGLE IS NO LONGER A SOCIAL ONE, BUT AN INNER ONE AS HE IS FACING HIS OWN BEING.

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