Original scientific paper

Reinterpretation of anecdotal familiarity in Sándor Márai’s novel The Jealous Ones

Tibor Gintli ; Eötvös Loránd University Budapest

Abstract

The study explores the way Sándor Márai’s novel entitled Féltékenyek (The Jealous Ones) has modernized the anecdotal tradition of the 19th century Hungarian literature. In addition, it aims to point out the one-sidedness of the approach that considers anecdotal narration old-fashioned in the context of modern literature. The major assumption of the study is that Márai applies anecdotal familiarity as an expression of commonly accepted values of the bourgeois way of life. This concept of familiarity primarily differs from its 19th century version characterized by intimate informality in being more abstract, more intellectual and more formal.

Keywords

anecdote; anecdotal narration; oral narration; familiarity; humour; irony; eccentric

Hrčak ID:

167601

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/167601

Publication date:

14.9.2016.

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