THE ROMANIAN POETIC AVANT-GARDE: A RADICAL RENEWAL OF POETIC LANGUAGE
THE ROMANIAN POETIC AVANT-GARDE: A RADICAL RENEWAL OF POETIC LANGUAGE

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian avant-garde is nothing but a sign of an urgent need for change. Change of mentality, of literary techniques, of the sense of values. And the lyric creations of IlarieVoronca, Ion Vinea and Geo Bogza represent quite eloquent illustrations of such a need for changing language, lyric mentality and imaginary horizon. The refreshing action taken by the avant-garde, though “shocking” or virulent to the habits and expectations of an indolent audience, was quite purifying. In fact, as is well known, any destructive movement has a creative potential, a fact noticed, for instance, by the writer Ivan Bunin, in a paradox: “To destroy means to create.” The Avant-garde assumed precisely this role, of refusing compromise, of debunking any stereotypes and aesthetic canons, of pursuing a radical renewal of poetic language.

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