Karinthy and Ionesco, or Ionesco and Karinthy Cover Image

KARINTHY ÉS IONESCO, AVAGY IONESCO ÉS KARINTHY (AZ ÉNEKÓRÁTÓL A KÜLÖNÓRÁIG – ÉS VISSZA)
Karinthy and Ionesco, or Ionesco and Karinthy

Author(s): Imre Nagy
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: Eugene Ionesco; Karinthy Frigyes; absurd theatre; linguistics; power

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: Karinthy and Ionesco, or Inoesco and Karinthy The study is a comparison of two plays which have the same subject: a teacher-student relationship. Frigyes Karinthy’s grotesque comedy The Music Lesson was published in 1921, Eugène Ionesco’s absurd one-act entitled The Lesson was written in 1950. Both texts are presenting the teacher-student relationship as a power structure, where the teacher is the possessor of the authority and the student is a passive character who suffers the insults. This study is an analysis of the two plays from the perspective of linguistics.

  • Issue Year: XII/2011
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 47-53
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian