O OPERĂ EXPONENȚIALĂ A MODERNISMULUI LITERAR AJUNSĂ LA CENTENAR
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2023
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CEP USM
Abstract
2022 a fost marcat de împlinirea a 100 de ani de la publicarea a două creații
literare care, cu timpul, au fost apreciate drept opere emblematice ale modernismului. Este
vorba de celebrul roman „Ulise” a lui James Joyce și poemul „Țara pustie/ Tărâmul pustiit” de
Thomas Stearns Eliot. Acesta din urmă a avut un impact covârșitor asupra poeziei ulterioare,
propulsându-l pe autor în vârful ierarhiei poeților secolului XX, deși în epocă a fost perceput ca o
creație poetică obscură, contrariind astfel critica literară a timpului. În procesul elaborării operei
sale inovatoare și ca mesaj, și ca formă, T. S. Eliot a fost profund influențat de sugestiile prietenului
său, mare poet american Ezra Pound care a avut rolul de mentor pentru autorul englez născut
și el în Statele Unite, întrucât s-a implicat activ în redactarea remarcabilului poem „Tărâmul
pustiit”. Prin această creație a sa, T. S. Eliot s-a afirmat ca o voce de o rezonanță deosebită ce a
reliefat dezintegrarea, fiind, astfel, considerat apoi un apostol al postmodernismului. E binevenit
să menționăm că pentru o interpretare adecvată a acestei opere de anvergură a secolului trecut
e necesară clarificarea și aplicarea conceptului de „corelativ obiectiv” ce a fost teoretizat de
același T. S. Eliot în eseul său despre Hamlet.
2022 was marked by the 100th anniversary of the publication of two literary creations that over time were appreciated as emblematic works of modernism. They are James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses and Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poem The Waste Land. The latter had an overwhelming impact on subsequent poetry, propelling the author to the top of the hierarchy of poets of the 20th century, although in that era it was perceived as an obscure poetic creation, thus contradicting the literary criticism of the time. In the process of elaboration of his innovative work in both message and form, T. S. Eliot was deeply influenced by the suggestions of his friend, the great American poet Ezra Pound who had the role of mentor for the English author also born in the United States, as he was actively involved in the drafting of the outstanding poem The Waste Land. Through this creation of his, T. S. Eliot asserted himself as a voice of special resonance that highlighted the disintegration, being thus considered an apostle of postmodernism. It is welcome to mention that for an adequate interpretation of this far-reaching work of the last century, it is necessary to clarify and apply the concept of „objective correlative” which was theorized by the same T. S. Eliot in his essay concerning Hamlet.
2022 was marked by the 100th anniversary of the publication of two literary creations that over time were appreciated as emblematic works of modernism. They are James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses and Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poem The Waste Land. The latter had an overwhelming impact on subsequent poetry, propelling the author to the top of the hierarchy of poets of the 20th century, although in that era it was perceived as an obscure poetic creation, thus contradicting the literary criticism of the time. In the process of elaboration of his innovative work in both message and form, T. S. Eliot was deeply influenced by the suggestions of his friend, the great American poet Ezra Pound who had the role of mentor for the English author also born in the United States, as he was actively involved in the drafting of the outstanding poem The Waste Land. Through this creation of his, T. S. Eliot asserted himself as a voice of special resonance that highlighted the disintegration, being thus considered an apostle of postmodernism. It is welcome to mention that for an adequate interpretation of this far-reaching work of the last century, it is necessary to clarify and apply the concept of „objective correlative” which was theorized by the same T. S. Eliot in his essay concerning Hamlet.
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poem, modernism
Citation
COGUT, Sergiu. O operă exponențială a modernismului literar ajunsă la centenar. In: Lecturi in memoriam acad. Silviu Berejan, Ed. 6, 16 mai 2023, Chişinău. Chişinău: CEP USM, 2023, Ediția 6, pp. 154-161. ISBN 978-9975-3430-7-7.