The Assessment of Sándor Márai in the Communist Press (1945–1948)
The Assessment of Sándor Márai in the Communist Press (1945–1948)

Summary/Abstract: Sándor Márai’s assessment in the communist press between 1945 and 1948 well exemplifies the methodology used for the development of propagandistic enemy image. The examples mentioned in this paper point out the pragmatism of the system: sometimes the primary purpose of the image that the contemporary party press depicted about Márai was to assign a face to impersonate the abstract concept of “civilian middle class”, and sometimes to present a deterrent example for the elimination of the institutional system of “civilian world”.

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