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My paper aims to analyze a basic aspect of Radu Stanca's dramatic work: namely, the relation between his plays and the general cultural and literary vision a the members of the Literary Circle of Sibiu. On one hand, considering their appetite for the so called "foundation of the Romanian classicism" and for the Europeanization of Romanian culture and literature, I shall explain Radu Stanca's return to the strong European mythological models. These include Don Juan, Oedipus, Faust or the biblical myths, treated in a poetical manner, involving mythical vision and metaphorical language, all aiming to the resurrection of the tragedy as a major genre of European classicism. On the other hand, it is not literary mythology that attracts the writer, but its points of convergence with his artistic personality. Within this mythology, the artist innovates with simulated detachment, even allowing minor interpretative distorsions that divert the original meaning of the said cultural and literary "models". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Romanian culture in Transylvania at the end of the 19 century and the beginning of the 20 was mostly influenced by the German culture. Sibiu was a place of a multicultural tradition due to its Romanian, German or Hungarian inhabitants. The relatively high number of theatre performances and symphonic concerts announced in the local papers (Telegraful Român, Tribuna, Transilvania) proves that the German theatre and music were favorably received by the public in spite of its heterogenic structure. The most representative German playwrights and composers were known in Sibiu through their works that contributed to the spiritual enlightenment of the public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]