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Un reprezentant al iluminismului popular: Ion Pop Reteganul
A Representative of Traditional Enlightenment: Ion Pop Reteganul

Author(s): Rodica Raliade
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Bibliography, Ethnohistory, Romanian Literature
Published by: ASTRA Museum
Keywords: Traditional Enlightenment; teacher; folklorist; founder of magazines;

Summary/Abstract: At the 160th anniversary of the birth of Ion Pop Reteganul, considered by Ion Muşlea “the greatest and most representative Transylvanian folklorist”, the paper raises the topic of the folklorist’s role in educating people while being a village primary school teacher, collector and editor of folklore collection, founder of magazines and newspapers in Romanian language, leader and role model for the villagers in creating model orchards or building schools.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2013
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 116-124
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian