Határok és határátlépések
Limits and their Crossings

Overlaps and Parallels in the Cultural and Linguistic Worlds of Zoltán Danyi’s The Carcass Remover and Attila Sirbik’s St. Euphemia

Summary/Abstract: First and foremost, the thesis examines how the traumatic events of the 1990's are presented through identity issues, cultural codes (mythological, biblical, archetypal) and regional characteristics in Zoltán Danyi's The Carcass Remover and Attila Sirbik's St. Euphemia. The thesis attempts to interpret the complexity of the narration and the narrators' identity according to the trauma theory. The biblical and the mythological traditions are emphasized in the novels' plots, bringing the story of the Balkan Wars into a collective narratology. In Europe, the 20th century began with the First World War and ended with the Balkan Wars. Looking back from the 21st century, the mythological parallel of this "closing act" is self-evident.

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