Synové Kafky: Kafkovské intertexty v díle Pétera Esterházyho, Mihálye Kornise a Szilárda Borbélye

• Authors: Szarka Szilvia

Title variants

EN

Sons of Kafka: Kafkaesque Intertexts in the Works of Péter Esterházy, Mihály Kornis and Szilárd Borbély

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study focuses on three authors of contemporary Hungarian literature who enter into a dialogue with Kafka’s texts through intertextual references and elevate these intertexts to the level of textforming elements in their own works. It examines Kafkaesque intertexts in Péter Esterházy’s Indirect (Függő) and The Book of Hrabal (Hrabal könyve), Mihály Kornis’s drama Punishments (Büntetések), Szilárd Borbély’s poetry collection Berlin — Hamlet and his posthumously published fragmentary novel Kafka’s Son (Kafka fia). Based on the analyses carried out, it can be concluded that Kafka’s significance for contemporary Hungarian literature is not limited to the simplistic category of literary influence, but involves multifaceted and complex interactions that, in the case of all three authors under study, are related to the desire to transcend the prevailing literary discourse.

Keywords

CS

Intertextualita; Franz Kafka; Péter Esterházy; Mihály Kornis; Szilárd Borbély; maďarská literatura

EN

Intertextuality; Franz Kafka; Péter Esterházy; Mihály Kornis; Szilárd Borbély; Hungarian literature

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 69
• Pages: 10-22

Contributors

author

Szarka Szilvia

• HUN-REN RCH Institute for Literary Studies