Eugen Simion and the Test of Aesthetic Revisions

Abstract

In his volumes of Fragments, Eugen Simion resumes and blends his reflections on Romanian literature, culture and civilization. The Fragments VI tackles issues such as the aesthetics autonomy, the advantages and risks of revisions, the myths of the Romanian literature, the public and private morals of the writer, the limits of the compromise, the resistance through culture, etc. The plead for classics, the defense of great writers from the insults and the injustices of the day, the fight for the national values are part of a constant program of assuming everything that is essential and sustainable in the Romanian literature and culture. And it is a proof that the unwavering trust in the Romanian literature, doubled by the trust in the critic’s vocation to work in the name of the aesthetic truth have remained intact over time in Eugen Simion’s creation.