Petru Maior, the Transylvanian School Influencer
Petru Maior, the Transylvanian School Influencer
Author(s): Laura StanciuSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Modern Age, 19th Century
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: Transylvania; religious life; Greek Catholic Church; modern history; rationalism; pre-Romanticism;Romanian culture;
Summary/Abstract: The present study highlights the elements that individualize Petru Maior’s identity and historical discourse within the ideology promoted by the Transylvanian School. The author analyses the originality of the Romanian Enlightenment in relation to the main movements that influenced the identity discourse of that time: Aufklärung and Sturm und Drang. This research emphasizes Maior’s contribution to the emergence of a generation of Romanian Romantic intellectuals. The attitudinal message of Maior’s work provided a pattern that strengthened the political discourse of the 1848 generation.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXX/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 3-18
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
