NICHITA DANILOV ȘI MARIANA CODRUȚ. DE LA POEZIA ESOTERICĂ LA POEZIA ETICĂ
Nichita Danilov and Mariana Codruț. From Esotheric Poetry to Ethical Poetry

Summary/Abstract: Representative figures of the eightyʼs generation, Nichita Danilov and Mariana Codruț were placed by Radu G. Țeposu, in the study “The tragic & grotesque history of the dark new literary decade” (2006), in the category of gnomics, esoterics and mannerists. The choice of the critic can be seen as controversial, especially since in most theoretical studies Nichita Danilov is associated with Matei Vişniec, Ion Mureșan, or Lucian Vasiliu (to give just a few examples), and Mariana Codruț is associated with the prose writers, with the“Monday group”; in other words, closer in style to the poetry of Mircea Cărtărescu, Magda Cârneci, Alexandru Mușina, or Florin Iaru. Therefore, the present study aims to illustrate –by analyzing the debut volumes, Cartesian Fountains (1980), in the case of Nichita Danilov, and The Brier from the Wood Warehouse (1982), in the case of Mariana Codruț – what are the things that the two types of poetry have in common, so that both authors can be placed in the same category, and what differentiates them. As it can be seen from the analysis presented, there are several elements that bring the two poets together: theuse of theparable / allegory, the decadent tone in some places, the use of symbols, the confrontation of the individual with society. More important are, however, the differences: the tendency towards transcendence of Nichita Danilovʼs poems and the ethical commitment of Mariana Codruțʼs poems.

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