Drd. Ioana Andreea MIRCEAUniversitatea ”Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu,

Facultatea de Litere şi Arte, Sibiu, România

ioana.mircea@ulbsibiu.ro+40 740124458

Romanian Literary Histories between Tradition and Modernity

The present paper aims to analyze Romanian literary histories,

published after 1990, from different perspectives:

• tradition and canon

• modernity and multiple ‘canons’.

• will illustrate the crisis that these

productions seem to go through

nowadays at a conceptual level.

• will show how the literary

histories, both traditional and

modern, have influenced the

development of the genre in

Romania

This analysis:

Traditional literary histories

• have an extensive narrative structure

• claim a reccurent model in G. Călinescu

• are aiming to be a representation of a totality

• are trying to cover, present and interpret almost all literary productions of a certain period (usually from origins to present).

Modern literary histories

• might have a compressed narrative structure

• have innovative principles of writing like interpretation and fragmentation

• have an illustrative model in N. Manolescu

• can focus on a smaller period, on themes or motifs, even on literary eccentricities

• might have a plurarity of views, with a clear view of the inner and the outer of multiculturalism of literatures

We have made a critical – historical analysis of the most important literary histories appeared after 1990 based on:

the claimed model the structure

the principles of writing

the echoes their appearance had in the literary press

and we have illustrated what is a possible future of this kind of productions in the next few years.

• The widen concept of literary history will create an overture of a synchronization with international literary history.

Conclusions:

• Literary histories will not disappear because there will always be a need of organizing the literary productions on different criteria.

Cercetare realizată în cadrul proiectului POSDRU/CPP107/DMI1.5/S/78651 cu titlul “Armonizarea valenţelor româneşti cu cele ale comunităţii europene”, cofinanţat din Fondul Social European prin Programul

Sectorial pentru Dezvoltarea Resurselor Umane 2007 – 2013

Ioana Andreea MIRCEA, Phd studentUniversitatea ”Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu,

Facultatea de Litere şi Arte, Sibiu, Româniaioana.mircea@ulbsibiu.ro