The paradigms of Romanian language and literature curricula in the second half of the 19th century and the 20th century

Abstract

This article is the synthesis of research focused on the history of the Romanian mother tongue language and literature curricula of the second half of the 19th century and the 20th century. The curricula I analysed comprise a history with complex syncopated rhythms, periods of re-constitution and recrystallisation alternating with periods of deconstruction and repression. The changes of rhythm are the result of the dialogue between the institutional policies of the Ministry of Education and the language, literature and education sciences. This dialogue was a positive and constructive one in the periods of socio-cultural and economic evolution of the country and absent or extremely tense during the communist period. The article presents a history of the curricular projects for the study of the Romanian mother tongue language and literature by middle and secondary school pupils.