Rediscovering Primitivism in the Romanian Poetry of the 60’s

Abstract

The present article examines the characteristic tendency of four Romanian poets of the 60’s to emphasize in their poetry the origins, and traditions, and to reinstate the connections with natural forces. Already commented by critics as Expressionists, they are as well seen and investigated here as Primitivists. Their creation is seen as a remake deprived of the metaphysics of Lucian Blaga’s poetry in a postwar historical moment when there was a need for a reaffirmation of rural origins and the authenticity of the poetic discourse.