Baladistické rysy v próze maďarského spisovatele Istvána Peteleiho

Abstract

The present work concerns a certain area of the oeuvre of the multifaceted Hungarian writer István PETELEI. Specifically, these works are the balladic novellas that represent the preeminent genre throughout the author's career. Petelei is himself something of an unjustly neglected figure within Hungary, and is entirely unknown in Czech. Consequently, the present survey has set itself the goal of recalling the author within his native Hungary and simultaneously presenting him to the Czech reader as a figure worthy of attention. Petelei's balladic novellas were selected as a result of the present writer's conviction that not only do they offer a trenchant depiction of society at the time, but moreover on their own merits form a significant literary heritage. PETELEI lived and worked at the turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries, a historical context likewise manifested within his work. Furthermore, the immediate background is the reason why attention has been paid in the present work to the writer's relatively unusual origins, as well as the course of his life. The genre of the balladic novella has been found to be particularly useful, as indeed both the ballad and the novella have been and continue to be popular not only among Czech readers but indeed the Central European literary tradition as a whole....

Tato práce se věnuje dílu maďarského spisovatele Istvána PETELEI. Baladistické novely představují hlavní žánr autorovy kariéry.Petelei je neprávem opomíjená postava maďarské literatury v České republice téměř neznámá. Ve svých novelách přesvědčivě líčí život společnosti. PETELEI žil a tvořil na přelomu 19. a 20. století a tyto historické souvislosti se rovněž projevují v jeho práci.