Esprits formateurs et « renaissance » culturelle dans les provinces roumaines au XIXème siècle

Abstract

In the 19th century, the Romanian provinces overcame difficulties at all levels: political, social, cultural. Significant changes were also felt in the processes of reception and assimilation of European values when new aesthetics were integrated into indigenous mentalities according to the artistic, moral end ideological needs of Romanians. As formative minds, the writers wanted at all costs to adapt to the European context; they renounced pattern of ancient writing (neoclassical poetry, for example) and embraced new forms of literary expression. Moreover, by their education made according to the modern European spirit, they gave examples of erudition and education which were grafted on the national culture. Our study offers an incursion into the Romanian cultural space of the 19th century in order to present a faithful image of the cultural “renaissance” in the Romanian provinces of that time.