15MKMK059 - 20th-Century Novel

Course specification
Course title		20th-Century Novel
Acronym		15MKMK059
Study programme		Hungarian language and literature
Module
Type of study		first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Eva Toldi
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		doc. dr Aniko Novak
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition		-	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		A study of trends, types and variants of the 20th - century Hungarian novel. Analysis of the representative works of the genre.
The outcome		The students are introduced to the genres, genre features and discourses in the Hungarian novels, written during the times of various 20th - century paradigms. The students gain deeper understanding of the modernist canon in the Hungarian novel.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Novel in the period of classical modernism. Avant – garde novel. Poetics of the so-called second wave of modernism. Populist – national trends. Novel and sociography. Referentiality in novel. The parabolic novel in the sixties. Metaphoric language in the novels of the seventies. Negative myths about the creation of the world. The 20th - century family and historical novel. Novel and reminiscence. Postmodern novel. Modern novel discourses.
Contents of exercises		Through texts, the students are introduced to novel writing tradition, the genre variants and thematic circles in Hungarian novel, during different time periods and paradigms of the 20th century.
Literature
Angyalosi Gergely: Romtalanítás. Kritikák, esszék, tanulmányok. Bp., Kijárat Kiadó, 2004. (Original title) Bori Imre: Prózatörténeti tanulmányok. Újvidék, Forum Könyvkiadó, 1993. (Original title) Szirák Péter: Folytonosság és változás. Debrecen, Csokonai Kiadó, 1998. (Original title) Grendel Lajos: A modern magyar irodalom története. Pozsony, Kalligram, 2010. (Original title) Harkai Vass Éva: A művészregény a 20. századi magyar irodalomban. Újvidék, Forum Könyvkiadó, 2001. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	1
Methods of teaching		The highlighting of main novel features in various periods during the century. Joint and independent analysis and interpretations of the novel. An introduction to reception.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		5	Test paper
Practical lessons		25	Oral examination	60
Projects
Colloquia		10
Seminars

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