Recitindu-i pe clasici. Lecţiile inaugurale ale lui Ioan Bogdan (1891) şi Ilie Bărbulescu (1905)
Reevaluating the Classics. The Introductory Lectures of Ioan Bogdan (1891) and Ilie Bărbulescu (1905)

Summary/Abstract: The present article brings back into discussion the first two important methodological papers from the history of the Romanian Slavic Studies. It is about two introductory lectures given at the opening of the courses at the Chairs in Slavic philology at the University of Bucharest (1891) and the University of Iaşi (1905) by the Slavists Ioan Bogdan (Însemnătatea studiilor slave pentru Români [The Importance of Slavic Studies for the Romanians], published in 1894) and Ilie Bărbulescu (Problemele capitale ale Slavisticei la Români [The Main Problems of Slavic Studies Regarding the Romanians], published in 1906). In the first part, the author analyzes Ioan Bogdan and Ilie Bărbulescu’s conception and methodology in the general context of their scientific oeuvre. In the second part, he raises a few questions concerning the purpose of Slavic Studies in the contemporary world, having as a starting point a statement that the Czech Slavist Miloš Zelenka made in the year 2000. Other two aspects whose topicality is discussed are the place of the Slavs within universal and Romanian history as well as the need for the Romanians to study Slavic history and languages.

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