A tragédia áthelyeződése. Vázlat a holokausztdráma lehetőségeiről a romániai magyar irodalomban
Displacing Tragedy: An Outline of the Possibilities of Holocaust Drama in Hungarian Literature from Romania

Summary/Abstract: The drama Hölgy a barakkban (Lady in the Block) by Mária Földes demonstrates that there is no such thing as total power – the option of resisting power is always possible, and the resilience of the human will in extreme situations can also rely on additional, unsuspected reserves of inner strength, or on the power of solidarity. Based on a story by Romain Gary, Mária Földes inscribes the topic of her own play into the world literary circulation by choosing a form that is a condensed representation of a borderline situation. The situations of conscious resistance to the attempts of dehumanising the subjects of the Holocaust may be the key to his interpretation: the play, which in many respects builds on the forms of (modern) tragedy, highlights the powerful moments that shape the meaning of individual fall in the context of asserting a broader principle.

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