La critique littéraire roumaine des années 1960-1970 et sa relation avec la critique littéraire occidentale
The paper is focused on the relation between the Romanian and the Western criticism in the 60’s and the 70’s of the previous century. One the one side, the authoress aims to observe how there was possible a critical and theoretical discourse, despite the pressure of the communist ideology. On the other side, she proposes to highlight the immediate effects in the literary area. In the same time, we try to point out the importance of the various translations (most of them from Russian, French and English) in the attempt to rehabilitate the intellectuals who suffered detentions or signature ban.
Keywords: Romanian criticism, translations, official ideology, communism, totalitarian art, cultural rehabilitation.
1.[1] L’attaque a été préparée aussi par la presse tributaire au Parti National Paysan (cf. Oscar Lemnaru, qui a commencé le 22 septembre 1944 «L’oreiller à aiguilles» dans la revue La Justice). Liviu Rebreanu est anathemisé et diabolisé après sa mort par Ion Caraion. La même attitude de négation et de condamnation est orientée vers Radu Gyr, Nichifor Crainic, Aron Cotruş, Al. I. Brătescu-Voineşti etc.
2.[1] Martha Brill Olcott, Marina S. Ottaway, Challenge of Semi-Authoritarianism, Carnegie Paper No. 7, October 1999, p. 75: “In choosing the term semi-authoritarian, we are not seeking to engage in a semantic discussion, but to highlight what we view as the defining characteristic of these regimes: the existence and persistence of mechanisms that effectively prevent the transfer of power through elections from the hands of the incumbent leaders or party to a new political elite or political organization. These mechanisms function despite the adoption of formal democratic institutions and despite a degree of political freedom granted to the citizens of the country. Semi-authoritarian countries may have a reasonably free press, for example; the regime may leave space for autonomous organizations of civil society to operate, for private business to grow, and thus for new economic elites to rise”.
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