 In essence, Aderca depicted Proust as a "Symbolist novelist" and a visionary subverter of the classical novel.His friend Mihail Sebastian energetically disputed such assessments (Sebastian contrarily believed that Proust had in fact fortified an endangered classical genre); he also rejected Aderca's attempts to identify the real-life inspirations behind Proustian characters.Despite his own beginnings in provincial traditionalism, Aderca was mostly noted as a vocal critic of the current heralded by "Sămănătorul" and "Ramuri".