Karinthy Frigyes szerteágazó test-filozófiája
Karinthy’s Extensive Body Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to look into the body-theoretical definitions that appear in the “diary of an illness”, entitled Utazás a koponyám körül [A Journey Around My Skull] by Frigyes Karinthy. The body-thinking emphasized in this work arose due to the development of Karinthy’s brain tumor. The paper deals with the analysis of the parts of the text which leads to a kind of theoretical re-evaluation of the basic bodily functions and senses. The writer’s body-theoretical perceptions are viewed in parallel with the relevant definitions of Márta Csabai, Ferenc Erős, Péter P. Müller, Jean Starobinski and Gerda Széplaky. The "textualisation" of cancer-induced bodily dysfunctions makes Karinthy’s work similar to Babich’s “talkbooks”, Esterhazy's “pancreatic diary” and Kosztolányi's “talk sheets”. The consonance of the diaries well demonstrates that the presence of illness generates similar literary mechanisms.

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