ION LUCA CARAGIALE AND THE MEDIA MODERNITY IN THE WORLD OF THE WORK

Abstract

After the recent emergence of Romanian books dedicated to the publicist work of
Ion Luca Caragiale (Pârvulescu: 2011) the author of the present material returns to the
study of the classical writer through his work describing the world of newspaper
newsrooms (Marinescu: 2005 and Marinescu: 2005b). This study presents the major themes
of media modernity that characterizes the literary work of Ion Luca Caragiale: 1. Ion Luca
Caragiale about Stultitiae Laus and modern media; 2. Ion Luca Caragiale and the media
functions in the Romanian society at end of the XIXth century; 3. The gazette of (un) (in) /
formation; 4. Ion Luca Caragiale about media news and their interpreting functions; 5. Ion
Luca Caragiale about the educational function of newspapers; 6. Ion Luca Caragiale about
entertainment and the show of newspapers; 7. Ion Luca Caragiale about newspapers and
triggering mechanisms of solidarity; 8. Caragiale about the history of Romanian journalism
and media communication tools; 9. Ion Luca Caragiale: newspapers and duel; 10. Ion Luca
Caragiale – field journalist or of opinion? Although he earned his living as a journalist,
translator and writer, Caragiale was and remains one of the most important playwrights and
among the most important literary figures in the history of his country.