Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Magyar Irodalom- és Kultúratudományi Intézet
- Kód
- BA-ERA-IHLCS-S-6
- Cím
- Travel, Exile, and Emigration in Hungarian Literature: From the Beginning to the End of the 20th Century
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2024/25/2
- ECTS
- 6
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- Knowledge: Understand the concepts of memory and nostalgia and their cultural, historical, and psychological dimensions Examine how memory and nostalgia are influenced by Central European historical events, social changes, and political contexts Engage with critical theories related to memory studies, nostalgia, and cultural identity Skills: Analyze the ways in which literature and film function as vehicles for the exploration and representation of memory and nostalgia Foster critical thinking, analytical skills, and effective communication through textual and visual analysis Attitude: Develop skills in working across a diversity of cultural contexts Acquire a nuanced understanding of historical contexts and key concepts of literary analysis Autonomy and Responsibility: Practice articulating and publicly discussing critical opinions in a multicultural environment
- Tantárgy tartalma
- This course explores the notions of travel, exile, and emigration in Hungarian texts. Its timeline covers Renaissance and late humanism, early Enlightenment, Romanticism, classical modernism, and avant-garde, also providing through its main topics an overview of the history of Hungarian literature. It places special emphasis on the Hungarian perception of Western Europe (especially Paris) and the New World, but it also includes the analyses of Hungarian encounters with the oriental Other. Exploring travel literature, historical accounts, novels, and poetry, it demonstrates that travel was not only a form of learning, but also a historical constraint which shaped Hungarian communities around the world and their representation in literature. These works will be starting point to discuss several questions: How did travellers and emigrants deal with cultural differences? How do their texts construct and deconstruct the commonplaces about the Eastern European inferiority complex? How did foreign surrounding make them reconsider their relationship to their mother tongue?
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Requirements for this course include reading assigned literature and viewing films, completing short written exercises and assignments, and engaging in class discussions. Student learning will be assessed through these assignments, exercises, and participation in discussions. Evaluation criteria will focus on demonstrating understanding of course concepts and materials, critical thinking skills in analysis of texts and films, and effective communication of ideas.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- István Budai Parmenius, De navigatione: Enikő Molnár Basa, „English and Hungarian Cultural Contacts in the 16th Century”, Hungarian Studies 10 (1995): 205–234. (Költemény.) (http://epa.oszk.hu/01400/01462/00017/pdf/205-234.pdf) Márton Szepsi Csombor, Europica varietas, tr. Bernard Adams (Budapest: Corvina, 2014). (Útikönyv.) Kelemen Mikes, Letters from Turkey, tr. Bernard Adams (Budapest: Corvina, 2016). Farkas Sándor Bölöni, Journey in North America, tr. Theodore and Helen Benedek Schoenman (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1977). (Útikönyv.) Lajos Kassák, „The Horse Dies the Birds Flies Away”, tr. Edwin Morgan, The Hungarian Quarterly 48 (2007): Summer. (Költemény.) Jolán Földes, The Street of the Fishing Cat, tr. Elizabeth Jacobi (London: Nicholson–Watson, 1937) (Regény.) Sándor Márai, „Funeral Oration”, in S. M., The Withering World: Selected Poems, tr. John M. Ridland and Peter V. Czipott, 175–178 (Richmond: Alma Classics, 2013). (Költemény) István Domonkos, „Rudderless”, tr. Owen Good, Hungarian Review 6, no 6 (2015). (Költemény.) (https://hungarianreview.com/article/20151120_rudderless/)