Intersecții lirice antice și moderne. Câteva perspective teoretice
Ancient and Modern Lyrical Intersections. Some Theoretical Perspectives

Summary/Abstract: In Classical Antiquity there was no theory regarding the general or particular formsof literature, in this case a theory of genres or species. The distinction was madethrough current literary practice, certified by tradition. In the present analysis, theauthor proposes to delimit the basic meanings of the modern concept of literary genrestarting from the hypothesis of an indistinct primordial “poetic genre” (Edgar Papu).The lyrical poetry of Classical Antiquity served to Papu as an illustration of thegeneral space of affection. From here, the second hypothesis: the existence of an“emotional” or “expressive” genre (René Martin, Jacques Gaillard), from which laterdeveloped the particular forms of lyrical species, belonging the literature of Greco-Latin classicism.

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