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N. Petrașcu

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872:" of his lifetime, resorted to an "excessively idealist criticism". Călinescu also commented on the artistic ideals expressed by Gelea (and, through him, by the author), indicating that, to a "cultured reader", these could only signify "platitudes". To illustrate this, he cited two of Gelea's monologues. One showed the character commenting on an "ideal" poem, "filled with the promises of a serene and mighty future , alive and powerful, and branding with a hot iron the weaknesses and miseries of this day and of life in these times." The other showed Gelea outraged that young women actors had agreed to partake in a vulgar theater production, and commenting on the nature and role of female beauty and behavior: " the treasure of virginal beauty which bestows something angelic upon women, the modesty, the chastity, the shyness, were all blown away in a single evening". 31: 730: 666:, and unrealistic in its expectations (he thought Romanian literature was "at a primitive phase"). As the author himself recorded in his memoirs, he had first expressed moderate criticism of Maiorescu's positions in his 1893 study. According to Petrașcu, the elder critic replied saying: "My opinion is that this , toward which I see you are inclined, can only be a passing trend, since it only deals with secondary issues, such as the social environment." N. Petrașcu expanded on this difference of opinions: "I realized, for instance, that about talent being one and the same, be it born in the forest, be it born in Paris or 544:. At the time, the two innovative currents stood accused of having been generated locally through "imitation", and of not being connected with the cultural environment. The speaker, who stated that "the spirit of imitation" was normal and "the strongest on which the world's progress rests", nonetheless took distance from Dobrogeanu-Gherea and the 875:
Reviewing Gelea's fictional designs for the Metropolitan Palace and his subsequent frustration, Călinescu argued that Petrașcu had in fact expanded on a "false theme"—in his view, if Gelea is a person of genius, he ought to have seen past such impediments. He concluded that the novel's only value
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Gelea, who completes his studies abroad, returns to Romania "imbued with all talents and all virtues, having his will set on raising the artistic level of his country", and ready to react against all things he perceives as frivolous. He falls in love with "the young widow Olga Lari" and then with
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Building on his sociological theories, Petrașcu postulated that there was a contrast between the men of genius and the expectations of the local public. He believed that "All the Romanian talents have been deviated or defeated by our society, most of them in the flower of their youth and manhood,
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George Călinescu was highly critical of the novel and of Petrașcu's techniques, accusing the writer of lacking in "creative force", and his character of "analytical plainness" which resulted in "interminable speeches". Călinescu notably proposed that the author had failed to profit from the more
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views on national specificity, assessing that the idea was not confirmed by science, and that it was itself a new and foreign concept (stating that Taine was "hard to take into consideration as an authority on the matter"). However, in his analysis, Negulescu refrained from refuting the theories
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nature evident in some of Eminescu's best-known poems. While Dobrogeanu-Gherea spoke of social causes behind the poet's attitudes, Petrașcu attributed these to "a change in the fundamental forces of the contemporary soul, that is to say in the relation between intelligence, will, and faith".
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to tone down its "violent" discourse and adopt an "honest, helpful and proper criticism". Such arguments mirrored those of Dobrogeanu-Gherea, which had first surfaced during an earlier and longer polemic between him and Maiorescu, but were generally harsher in tone.
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had sought to marginalize all other voices. He condemned Maiorescu for his belief that a Romanian work could only expect to impose itself if it was of equal value to its foreign counterparts. For Petrașcu, this guideline, known as "autonomy of the
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when they did not yet have time to lend their power to full measure". Among the creative people he cited where Mincu, Eminescu, Zamfirescu, Dobrogeanu-Gherea, Ștefănescu-Delavrancea, Ion Luca Caragiale, Vlahuță, as well as the writer
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as the main representatives of Romanian literary criticism. He was nonetheless still critical of Maiorescu's "autonomy of the aesthetics" and his inflexibility in relation to "scientific criticism".
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company and undated), where he notably provides quotes on his friend's old age nostalgia and eccentric projects. In 1929, Petrașcu also authored a monograph on Duiliu Zamfirescu. Literary critic
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for the emphasis he placed on race, milieu, and moment, arguing that its "organic" character could serve to renew art and literature in Romania. In parallel, he was interested in
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proposed that the protagonist was actually Petrașcu's good friend Mincu, and noted that the name used in the book may have been based on that of a real-life participant in the
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journal included a study of Eminescu's work. It was published as a series between 1890 and 1891 (that is, in the two years following Eminescu's death), but carried the title
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Dobrogeanu-Gherea chose not to reply to these points. The study was nevertheless acknowledged decades later by Dobrogeanu-Gherea's disciple, literary historian
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and people of foreign origin ("the superposed stratum", depicted as corrupting). Unlike Zamfirescu, Călinescu suggested, N. Petrașcu had little sympathy for
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N. Petrașcu's articles of the time show him to be speaking out against the "destructive criticism" of Maiorescu and his supporters, arguing that
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of having failed to support young writers, Petrașcu had overlooked the encouragements Maiorescu had given to Eminescu, Coșbuc, and
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resided in its "historical interest". Among the covert references to various cultural figures of the day,
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theologian, whose lengthy correspondence with Petrașcu was uncovered and analyzed by the literary critic
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Among N. Petrașcu's final works was his essay on the life and work of Anghel Demetriescu (published by
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He clarified his position in time, through polemics, and, during an April 1892 lecture he gave at the
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Demetriescu and N. Petrașcu were hosts to an intellectual circle which also included the architect
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Nevertheless, his views were often shaped by outside influences. According to literary historian
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argued that the work had "volubility", "sense of the picturesque" and "critical intuition".
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message and a return to "national specificity". Petrașcu himself hailed the French theorist
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as the son of Costache Petrovici-Rusciucliu and Elena Bița, he had his surname changed to
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Several years after his polemic with Negulescu, Petrașcu acknowledged the importance of
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At the time, Petrașcu published a series of studies on Romanian writers, including the
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answered through this attack through the intervention of its editor, the philosopher
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such as Dobrogeanu-Gherea, as well as with the ideals expressed by Nicolae Xenopol.
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Romanian journalist, essayist, literary critic, novelist and memoirist (1859 - 1944)
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press in arguing against the Naturalist perception of society as a decaying body.
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interesting circumstances of his novel, and, instead of depicting "the universal
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as its main sources of inspiration. He was also noted for endorsing the views of
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2014 photo of Petrașcu's house in Bucharest, Piața Romană, nr. 1, designed by
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themselves, and instead argued in favor of a middle path between them and
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In May of the same year, his various pieces were reunited under the title
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to adopt independent and distinct positions around the same date were
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s strict aesthetic guidelines, and advocated instead an art with a
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The journal soon enlisted contributions from other adversaries of
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sessions and was an admirer of its main figure, the thinker and
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People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
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influence, and was one of several departures—other prominent
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During the 1890s, his group carried an extended polemic with
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The essay was also at the center of a polemic with the anti-
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and himself a future novelist. Among his collaborators at
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Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent
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Negulescu pointed out that, in accusing 29: 18: 1301:, Cluj-Napoca & Iași, 2008, p.52-53. 571:. This coincided with a noted decline in 482:: alongside Petrașcu, these included the 331:" variant (akin to the names of medieval 290:Petrașcu authored a single novel, titled 832:This theme is a characteristic trait in 899: 345:Before the 1890s, N. Petrașcu attended 327:, which, the researcher argued, was a " 563:came in 1896, and saw the creation of 1028:Verismul italian și literatura română 179: 166: 7: 888:Ion Luca Caragiale's cultural legacy 536:, Petrașcu showed that he accepted 429:Mihail Eminescu, studiu critic 1892 884:, one of the first in literature ( 14: 501:, confessed that he impressed by 357:. His other literary idol inside 319:—according to literary historian 283:. N. Petrașcu was the brother of 224:("Romanian Literature and Art"). 35:Portrait of Nicolae Petrașcu by 365:(later recognized as Romania's 618:. 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Portrait of Nicolae Petrașcu by George Demetrescu Mirea
George Demetrescu Mirea
Tecuci
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Journalist
essayist
literary critic
novelist
memoirist
Romanian
Realism
Naturalism
Sociological positivism
Determinism
Marin Gelea
[nikoˈla.eˈpetrovitʃʲ]
[peˈtraʃku,pəˈ-]
monographs
Romanian literature
conservative
Junimea
Duiliu Zamfirescu
Dimitrie C. Ollănescu-Ascanio
Historicism
Sociological positivism
Determinism
Western European
Hippolyte Taine
Émile Hennequin
Titu Maiorescu

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