Reporting and Structure in the Novel Natural Light by Pál Závada Cover Image

Jelentés és szerkezet Závada Pál Természetes fény című regényében
Reporting and Structure in the Novel Natural Light by Pál Závada

Author(s): Klementina Magyar
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: text; image; chronicler; report; structure

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes Pál Závada’s latest novel, Natural Light (Természetes fény),published by Magvető Publishing House in 2014. The book takes place between1937 and 1947; by building an intricate narrative network, approaches the greatestand deadliest conflict in the history of mankind from a new perspective. The paperprimarily examines how the narrator, who takes on the role of the chronicler, turnsinto a gallery of historic memento the nearly 630 pages long work, which unfolds acomplex and diverse relationship between fiction and documenting reality. Moreover,it addresses the issue how the resulting intermedial work (the dual play of text andimage) brings about the inextricable intertwining of the structural and thematicelaboration of the novel.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 183-190
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Hungarian