Halottbúcsúztatás Györgyfalván a 20. század közepén
Farewell from the Dead in Györgyfalva/Gheorgheni in the Middle of the 20th Century

The Representation of the Human Body in the Manuscripts of Jaskó István Pitti

Summary/Abstract: The textual world created by the funeral poetry specialist from Györgyfalva/Gheorghieni (Cluj County) can be understood as the result of the collective memory. This analysis focuses on representations of health and illness, of the process of dying in the funeral poems preserved in the Jaskó family archive. These texts often describe the different physical states of the human body, as it is affected by illnesses or accidents. Based on textual resources (42 funeral poems and interviews) the article emphasizes recurring motifs and identifies the types and causes of death which are usually present in the edited biography of the deceased person. The textual analysis is completed with information related to the creative process and the context of the utterance of the poems, with special focus on the writing praxis of the specialist.

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