Elöljáróban. Világfigyelő tető. A transzilvanizmusnak mint írói-költői világképnek a története
Introductory Remarks: Transylvanism as a Worldview of Poets and Writers

Summary/Abstract: The article is the introduction of a posthumous book by literary historian Gusztáv Láng, where he outlines the scope of his volume about Transylvanism. The author’s book aims to make the literary and poetic formation of Transylvanism as an artistic worldview analytically accessible. Since a comprehensive account of Transylvanian Hungarian literature is yet to be written, there are conceptual inconsistencies regarding the subject. To address this, the author proposes examining Transylvanism through objectively analyzable literary features — its artistic transformation within creative works. Manifestos, critical essays, and declarations about the “Transylvanian idea” serve only as starting points, revealing authors’ intentions but not how these notions take shape as thematic, structural, or stylistic elements in literary texts. The study treats the Transylvanian worldview not as a subjective construct or ideological statement, but as a literary response to the collective expectations and shared cultural experience of the Hungarian readership in Transylvania.

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