Forms of Pamphlet Discourse in the Romanian Media during the Interwar Period

• Author: Fanel Teodorascu
• Pages: 566-573

European Integration - Realities and Perspectives. Proceedings 2015

566

Interdisciplinary Dimensions of Communication Science

Forms of Pamphlet Discourse in the

Romanian Media during the Interwar Period

Fănel Teodoraşcu1

Abstract: The interwar period is characterized by a veritable explosion of pamphlet, not only in the

journalistic or literary texts, but also in the theoretical con cerns. Approached by many journalists, as well as

important representatives of literature, the pamphl et has undergone true theoretical debates regarding its

condition. We will not allocate a very large space for the th eoretical issues, as this has already been done by

other authors. Our theoretical approach is required for understanding the functioning of the pamphlet.

Keywords: pamphlet; journalism; speech; blackmail; rhetoric

1. Theoretical Benchmarks

Despite the fact that it had, in various forms, an intense movement since antiquity, the pamphlet earns

its fame in the West, particularly in France of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century,

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pamphlet manifests only in the 19th century. At its inception, the pamphlet was designated as small

writings, circulating under the form of leaflets. More exactly, the pamphlet was a booklet, brochure,

containing no less than 5 pages and no more than 48, according to some sources, or 96, according to

others. Literary terminology dictionary states that pamphlet is characterized by verbal violence. The

same source indicates that the pamphlet does not explain or demonstrate, it only accuses, and its value

is given by the strength of conviction and by the passionate temperament. According to Cornel

Munteanu, the pamphlet, before existing in the written literature, stated and circulated in oral and

anonymous form. The adequate terms for the pamphlet for that stage of its creation are: Hand-held

papering (palme-feuillet), booklet (libel), mazarinade, pasquil. This form of manifestation answered to

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Regarding the origin of the term pamphlet, the situation is not very clear. There are two hypotheses on

this matter. In the first case, the term pamphlet forms as a result of the alteration of the surname of a

Latin comedy XII century, Pamphilus seu de Amore / Pamphilus or about love, the transition from

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