ARANY JÁNOS LÍRÁJÁNAK ÉS VERSES EPIKÁJÁNAK RECEPCIÓJA A KORTÁRS MAGYAR KÖLTÉSZETBEN
The Reception of János Arany’s Lyric and Epic Poems in the Contemporary Hungarian Poetry

Summary/Abstract: The present study analyzes the changes coming about the contemporary reception of the classical Hungarian poet, János Arany. The first part gives deep insight into the major phases of the reception of his oeuvre, emphasizing the evaluation of its lyric and epic genres, moreover, the lyric and epic character (perspective, dimension) of each genres. The second part points out the thesis which recognizes a turn in the recep- tion extending the range of literary interest to the formerly overshadowed epic genres and other art pieces by Arany. By giving numerous examples as a selection from contemporary Hungarian poetry, the present study aims to verify that despite its rather exclusive or ideological interpretation during the second half of the 20th century, a quite well-balanced canonic position has evolved recently, in which the epic dimension as well as the relation of language to the world has become reappraised. This kind of canonic turn influences not only literary history or literary studies, but also collective cultural remembrance. Numerous examples are given from the works of Ferenc Juhász, László Nagy, Ottó Orbán, István Ágh, Sándor Kányádi, János Térey, László Lövétei Lázár which have been scrutinized.

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