sentences:  Having decided not to treat his subjects in the conventional Marxist-Leninist manner encouraged by the authorities, he stirred polemic passions on the literary scene and became a target for surveillance by the authorities.Negoiţescu's text, which linked Romanian literary history with the development of urban culture, also intrigued the cultural establishment because it seemed to leave out completely all works produced before 1800.Also in 1968, Negoiţescu moved on from "Luceafărul" to "Viaţa Românească", where he was also granted an editorial staff office (a position he kept until 1971).