PANAIT CERNA - BETWEEN ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE 'SĂMĂNĂTORISM' BACKGROUND
PANAIT CERNA - BETWEEN ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE 'SĂMĂNĂTORISM' BACKGROUND

Summary/Abstract: From the perspective of literary history, Panait Cerna belongs to a period when the influences of Romanticism and Realism are still felt, at a time of literary crisis with no intellectual poets, a time when new concepts and orientations are being defined, looking for exponents to validate their aesthetic principles promoted. Literary criticism regards him as a vitalist by conception, a messianic humanist related to the Pașoptist generation, an Eminescian by his taste for philosophical poetry, by his imagery, structure of the lexicon and, sometimes, structure of the verse. As regards his approach to Symbolists, the opinion can be explained starting from Cerna’s outlook according to which a valuable poetic idea becomes more expressive and better highlighted if it is close to the receiver’s sensitivity by the objectification of artistic images. Therefore, a total approach is remarkably achieved by the use of symbols. He remains in the Romanian literature as the exponent of the emancipation of Romanian poetry in late 19th century and early 20th century, bringing his own contribution in terms of technique and lexicon, as text construction comes first. The self utters within the limits of an era and a culture that imprint a certain mark, semantics and symbolism that individualize him in the Romanian cultural field.

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