Small and Large Regions, Centre and Periphery at the Beginning of the 21th Century Cover Image

Kis- és nagyrégiók, centrum és periféria a 21. század elején
Small and Large Regions, Centre and Periphery at the Beginning of the 21th Century

Author(s): Zsuzsa Tapodi
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: literary and cultural Eurocentrism; national literature; world literature; Transylvanian Hungarian literature; centre-periphery dichotomy; network theory

Summary/Abstract: Literary and cultural Eurocentrism is often questioned today. The comparison of the specifi c values of the national literature with those of the world literature also implies the centre-periphery confl ict. The cyclical debates of the Transylvanian Hungarian literature have their source in loss of the centre, in peripheral existence. It would be advisable to replace the centre-periphery dichotomy with the model of the network theory in the intellectual life of minority communities. For a fl ourishing regional national culture it is more advantageous to have a network of nodes, interacting in a continuous connection with each other, than the monopoly of the only center.

  • Issue Year: LXXIII/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1-6
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian