ION AGÂRBICEANU – MOMENTE DIN SOCIETATEA ROMÂNEASCĂ ÎN PREAJMA MARII UNIRI
Ion Agarbiceanu - moments in the Romanian society around The Great Union

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary with the political events that took place on Romanian territory at the beginning of the 20th century, major events of vital importance in the evolution of the Romanian nation, Ion Agarbiceanu, cultural personality established by his contributions to "Astra" and "The Romanian Writers' Society", militates in favour of the accomplishment of the secular national ideal through his publications. His academic and political experience helps him understand and involve in the difficult moments in the country's destiny. Endowed with a special creative energy he creates an ample "chronicle" of Romanian contemporary society at the beginning of the century. The trilogy "Times and People. New World (1943, the first two books "Home" and "On Roads" had been censored), brought down to a single volume, was published during his refuge in Sibiu, when the Writer withdrew for a period from public life, period appreciated later on by literary critics for the writer's important writings. The common element of these writings is the beginning of the narrative thread that stands under the dome of the Union. The realities of the epoch were rendered with sobriety, with the awareness and willingness to convey the anxieties of society, even if sometimes they were not wrapped in "art transfiguration" but resignation. Rich in ongoing events, the texts of this trilogy sustain "the historical" through the power of generalization, and the confrontations in the political world are often pointed out by emphasizing their errors and consequences on social and ethical levels, specifying the Transylvanian environment, through different aspects of the Romanian soul and love for people. The striking character is sustained by the immediate reality emphasized by the writer, by the abundance of details to the detriment of subtlety, of heavy narration and psychological analysis. It can be regarded as an anticipation of modernism in prose, materialized in the diminishing of harmony and musicality of the text, rendering his characters' " rhythm of the soul movement".

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