Language:
English
Year of publication:
1984
Titel der Quelle:
Soviet Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
14,1 (1984) 31-45
Keywords:
Jewish literature History and criticism
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
;
Hungarian literature History and criticism
;
Jews in literature
;
Judaism in literature
;
Antisemitism in literature
Abstract:
Discusses Hungarian literature dealing with Jewish themes, written by Jews and non-Jews in the 1970s-early 1980s. The themes include traditional Jewish life before the Second World War, the Holocaust, and issues of assimilation and rejection. The Jewish self-image in most of these works is either ambivalent or negative. Mentions an essay on Hungarian antisemitism by György Száraz, written in 1976, which shows that antisemitism has been a ubiquitous feature of Hungarian Jewish history.
Note:
A revised version appeared as "The Holocaust in contemporary Hungarian literature" in "The Holocaust in Hungary; Forty Years Later" (1985) 191-202. A Hungarian translation appeared in "Zsidóság az 1945 utáni Magyarországon" (1984) 221-236.
DOI:
10.1080/13501678408577441
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