BENJAMIN FUNDOIANU UN SCRIITOR PLURIVALENT
BENJAMIN FUNDOIANU A MULTIVALENT WRITER

Author(s): Costinel-Iulian Partenie
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Benjamin Fundoianu; plurivalency; 20th century; works;
Summary/Abstract: The work of Benjamin Fundoianu, later known as Benjamin Fondane, is complex as it follows multiple directions: the translation into Romanian and promotion of texts by Jewish writers, the French translation of already established Romanian authors, essays on various themes (literature, cinema, philosophy, etc.), as well as literary and cultural criticism. From a young age, Benjamin Fundoianu showed an interest and inclination toward what we could call curiosity, as all the literary exercises he undertook throughout his life serve as proof of his need to understand the world he was part of and was "obliged" to describe and discuss. We believe the aim of these intellectual struggles was, firstly, the desire to understand, but secondly, the need to identify his own being in relation to the world around him. The historical context, characterized by strong dynamism, favored the meditative, contemplative side of writer Benjamin Fundoianu, who never missed an opportunity to question his own existence.The present work aims to highlight the plurality of directions in which Benjamin Fundoianu’s work developed, an aspect that allowed him to stand out in the cultural landscape of his time, being one of the most prolific writers of the early 20th century who defied and astonished an entire nation with his modernist ideas. The radicalism of some of his ideas does not diminish the value of the texts he left behind, but it did provoke reactions from some of his contemporaries and placed him in a marginal space for several decades. Benjamin Fundoianu's work is polyvalent, reflecting the turmoil of his biographical background. The literary alternation between Fundoianu and Fondane marks the two periods of creation that the author himself was aware of.

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