EMINESCU IN TERMS OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE GRAND UNION

• Main Author: Mihai CIMPOI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Sciences of Moldova 2017-10-01
• Series: Akademos: Revista de Ştiinţă, Inovare, Cultură şi Artă
• Subjects: union; annexation; „the european idea”; lyrical image; historiography projection
• Online Access: http://akademos.asm.md/files/Eminescu%20din%20perspectiva%20Centenarului%20Marii%20Uniri.pdf

This study refers to Eminescu`s journalistic articles published in the newspaper „Timpul” (1881-1883) and to his youth poems in the project Dramatic Dodecameron, which evokes the image of Bessarabia. In more than twenty editorials and articles, the poet referred to the annexation of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire; he argued with various politicians, journalists from around the world; in addition, he wrote an extensive sociological survey Basarabia, in which he has traced the history of this Romanian province over the course of several centuries, exploiting archival materials, testimonies of certain Romanian and foreign chroniclers. The author also covers other aspects of Eminescu`s publishing, with a current resonance, such as „the European idea”, „the European concert”, the unity of the universal culture, issues of justice, education, politics, parliamentarism.