Vízjelek Eginald Schlattnertől egy erdélyi, női olvasókönyvbe
“Watermarks” from Eginald Schlattner for a Transylvanian Women’s Reading Book

Summary/Abstract: The present study – in the foreground of Eginald Schlattner’s complete work – deals with the female figures in the latest book by the Transylvanian Saxon author, published in 2018 under the title Wasserzeichen / Watermarks. The specific text analysis of the article refers on one hand to the female figures of the fictional convent life, i.e. on the closed world of the Orthodox nuns, and on the other hand on the recalled auto fictional and autobiographical female figures (i.e. the female family members, former love interests) of the volume. Eginald Schlattner describes the Orthodox convent’s world through a complementary view and writing, that often combines his well-known sense of humor with a revealing critique of the depicted Orthodox world. In addition to the collective description of this closed women’s community, the author emphasizes the individualization of the nuns. In the study, the remembered female figures are represented by two paradigmatically validated portrait analyzes (the mother and the wife of the novelist). With the author’s permission, this article publishes selected passages of Wasserzeichen (selection by Gabriella-Nóra Tar) for the first time in Hungarian translation.

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