Mezőségi önélet-rajz. (Ön)reprezentációk egy visai festő alkotásaiban
An Autobiography from the Transylvanian Plain: (Self)representations in a Rural Painter’s Works from Visa

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the manuscripts of a folk specialist, János Papp (born: 1930 in Visa/Viºea, county: Cluj), who is widely known in his rural area due to his naive paintings and his published autobiography, entitled Visszaemlékezés az elmúlt évekre (Memories of the Years Past. Eds. Mihály Sztranyiczki, Géza Kiss. Visa, 2010). The author interprets his body of work in the context of popular writing, remembrance and everyday life. The paintings and the written stories document not just János Papp’s private life story, but also the local history of his village and the social and cultural changes during the second part of 20th century.

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