Hajdu, Péter (2022) Anti-Utopia and Dystopia in Hungarian Modernism. In: Regional and Universal in European Modernity. Boyan Penev Publishing House, Szófia, pp. 32-46. ISBN 9786197372557
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Abstract
The paper is an overview of the dystopic texts produced by Hungarian modernist writers. Anti-utopia is the dominant ap- proach in the speculative fiction of interwar Hungary, which is demonstrated on the examples of Frigyes Karinthy’s satiric Gulliver sequels and Sándor Szathmári’s Kazohinia that functioned as a cultic read in a not small circle for a while. Pilot Elza by Mihály Babits is a genuine dystopia, which was celebrated because it refuted the concept of belatedness in Hungarian literature. Babits wrote his dire vision of eternal war and cultural decline simultaneously with the grand modernist dystopias of world literature. However, despite some remarkable features, the novel cannot compete with those.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Frigyes Karinthy, Sándor Szathmári, Mihály Babits, misogyny, cultural decline |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PH Finno-Ugrian, Basque languages and literatures / finnugor és baszk nyelvek és irodalom > PH04 Hungarian language and literature / magyar nyelv és irodalom P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PN Literature (General) / irodalom általában > PN0080 Criticism / irodalomkritika P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PN Literature (General) / irodalom általában > PN0441 Literary History / irodalomtörténet |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2023 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2023 09:44 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/160403 |
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