Teaching the elements of Bildungsroman. "La Medeleni" by Ionel Teodoreanu (preadolescents)

The article proposes an analysis of the Bildungsroman elements from the novel La Medeleni by Ionel Teodoreanu, at the stage of preadolescence. This work valorizes, as I have already stated, in a didactic plan, the theme of ages (childhood, preadolescence, adolescence, maturity, old age), of the human condition (life, death, happiness, failure, suffering), of the struggle (for justice, truth, good, freedom) etc. In the present case, we do not propose a detailed analysis of the novel, but we select crucial moments from the lives of the characters that constitute bridges between various stages of life and we refer, concretely, to the second age of education, namely preadolescence, puberty, through the character Danut. It is about the transition of the main character Danut from primary school to high school. We have certain events that the characters (Danut, Olguta and Monica) go through, following which they evolve. The preparation of Danut's departure from home, the move from Iasi to Bucharest, the temporal separation from his family, from his parents, sister and Monica, constitute the fable of this part of the novel. In the center of the action we also have the Pan Director, the parents Deleanu, Alice and Iorgu who are meditating on Danut's transfer to another locality for high school studies. We have three categories of characters who have divided opinions about the transition, Danut's departure to study in another locality, far from his parents' home. We see what mental processes a person goes through in the period from childhood to puberty. At the same time, we also propose two didactic activities about capitalizing on this theme in Romanian language and literature lessons.