Az osztályharctól a "lét alapvető abszurditásáig"
From Class Struggle to the “Fundamental Absurdity of Existence”

Summary/Abstract: Connecting the dramaturgy of István Örkény to the history of modern drama history has become, up to the present, a canonized thesis of drama aesthetics. Thus the spreading of Örkény cult can be considered as a measurement/standard for assessing the theatre culture of a country/nation. The study attempts to reconstruct the stagings and performances of Örkény's certain absurd plays within the intercultural force field of Hungarian acting in Romania. The analysis of both Hungarian and Romanian performances reveals the main theme of Örkény's drama model: how does a Hungarian specificity becomes universal? The study also pays attention to how the new dramaturgical and conceptual features of Örkény have encouraged theatre modernization efforts by helping the controversial transition to the form of visual theater. By surveying the cult of Örkény among Hungarians in Romania, it appears that the playwright and writer can be considered as our contemporary; his parables include our own private histories, so Örkény is our daily bread.

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