Ziariştii de la „Timpul”: Eminescu şi Caragiale
The Journalists of „Timpul”: Eminescu şi Caragiale

Summary/Abstract: : In the nineteenth century, journalism is defined in relation to a number of periodicals such as Timpul, Românul, Pressa etc. Regarding the newspaper Timpul, it is known that the journalists who worked there had a real team spirit, that they shared the same ideas and the same system of values and that they often used to correct their articles together, reading to each other what they had written. If we consider the stylistic approach of the "classic" Romanian journalists (Eminescu, Slavici, Caragiale), we observe that Eminescu and Caragiale mainly use irony as a way to capture the Romanian political scene. Also, the two journalists are united by the idea of a common opponent: The Liberal Party and CA Rosetti. Both Eminescu and Caragiale wrote about the problems that shattered the world of their time, with national and international impact. Although the concern over the events unites them, the way that the two journalists present events and comment these events is different. Eminescu is excessively sober in the information he gives, he is extremely cautious in interpreting it; Caragiale, however, is ironic, and has an exterior political understanding of the event. Eminescu provides a detailed chronicle of the event, bringing in every number new articles, grouped under a common title, with information on what is happening, on the change of circumstances and on the impact; Caragiale, in contrast, offers only ironic comments related to the event scene. Although united by the same ideology (conservatism) and sometimes by the same dominant ironic vision, Eminescu and Caragiale are distinguished by the level of involvement: Eminescu is highly involved in the situation, while Caragiale remains detached observing it always from an outdoor position. Therefore, Eminescu leads the irony, the comparison, the image that captures the character to its last limit.

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