THE CRITICAL RECEPTION OF IOANICHIE OLTEANU'S WORKS

The Literature Circle from Sibiu was initiated by the young group of students coming from Cluj to Sibiu. The magazine of The Literature Circle contains six numbers. The Circle has reached the apogee moment in 1945, some months before the end of the second world war. The editor of the publication was I. Negoitescu. Who speaks about The Literature Circle from Sibiu is represented himself mainly by his "balladist": Radu Stanca, Stefan Augustin Doinas, Ioanichie Olteanu. Ioanichie Olteanu is the third balladist of the Literature Circle. He signs in the first issue of the publication two compositions: The ballad of the cheated husband and The mishap of the theologian with the tree. Ioanichie Olteanu's ballads were published in magazines and newspapers. Although few in number, these have a strong originality. Among these, we remember: The ballad of the cheated husband, The ballad of the drowned, The ballad of the suicide, The sunflower, The mishap of the theologian with the tree. representative poems: The poet room and The tower. Through his poems, Ioanichie Olteanu proves a worthy representative of poetic orientation generated by The Literature Circle from Sibiu.