Proza romantică - Negru pe alb

This book collects short prose works by Constantin Negruzzi. It includes all of Negru pe alb, his letters to a friend. His prose spans fiction, tales of romance and factual accounts. He explores the past, daily life and what being human means. The book suits pupils, those at university, teachers and short prose readers.

In Negru pe alb, he writes with ease and speaks his mind. He tells stories and gives plain accounts of what he sees. He shares brief thoughts and reports on events. He pairs scenes from the past with views of his own time. He sets moral lessons beside comic scenes. He uses humour, irony and parody. He plays with words and quotes other texts.

Negruzzi helped found Romanian literary prose, including prose in letter form. He wrote some of its first sketches and novellas. He also wrote poems and plays, and translated texts. He studied folklore and wrote for the press to argue his views. His work helped shape later Romanian prose. People still study it as literature. His prose cycles include Amintiri de junețe and Fragmente istorice. Negru pe alb is also among them.

This book forms part of the Câmpul de lectură series. The series groups texts by type, theme or author. It also groups them by literary movement. It follows course plans for Romanian literature. It serves readers outside school, too. Margareta Curtescu wrote this edition's preface. She holds a doctorate in philology, the study of language and texts.