Jeunes et anciens, pour le renouveau de la Bessarabie. Conflit generationnel et politique dans le milieu des ecrivains bessarabiens de l'entre-deux-guerres

Abstract

The paper examines the making of a Romanian national and regional identity in Bessarabia after the union with Romania in 1918 by taking in the issues and conflicts moulding the Bessarabien literary milieu in the interwar period. Based on detailed case studies and constantly addressing the enlarged political and historical context of Greater Romania, it investigates the distinctions and tensions between the two generations active in the cultural arena, the "Elders" and the "Young", with theirs different cultural background and contradictory affiliations and sensibilities, with theirs divergent views on the role of the Bessarabien culture and politics.