Univerzális hangyatár
The Universal Ant Library
Author(s): Florin BicanContributor(s): Imre József Balázs (Translator)
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: ambivalence; ant; literature; representation; speculative fiction
Summary/Abstract: The article offers a subjective overview of the presence of ants in literature, beginning with the Proverbs of Solomon. Literature always seems ready to recycle ants into stories that rely on people's fascination with a world in which human society perceives itself as an alternately utopian and distorting mirror. While in classical stories the ants are featured with a focus on their perceived qualities, in an allegorical key, modern ant stories of speculative fiction perceive the ambivalent nature of ant societies.
Journal: Korunk
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 56-59
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Hungarian
