Literary Representations of Supervisory Order in Géza Ottlik and Imre Kertész’s Novels Cover Image

A felügyeleti rend irodalmi reprezentációi Ottlik Géza és Kertész Imre regényeiben
Literary Representations of Supervisory Order in Géza Ottlik and Imre Kertész’s Novels

Author(s): Tamás Barcsi
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: supervision; civilisation; rebellion; school; concentration camp

Summary/Abstract: The author as a continuation of his study Introduction into the World of Cruelty: Civilisation, supervisory power and cruelty in Géza Ottlik’s works sums up the modes of cruelty found in the novel, and also shows how human order and world order are connected in the world of Géza Ottlik’s novels. He compares Ottlik’s main work with Imre Kertész’s Fatelessness, and points out the parallels which can be drawn between a cruel regime of surveillance and a concentration camp, or between the literary representation of them.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 57-78
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Hungarian