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DEZSO KOSZTOLÂNYI AND INTERTEXTUALITY ANTICIPATIONS OF POST-MODERN LITERARY CRITICISM
DEZSO KOSZTOLÂNYI AND INTERTEXTUALITY ANTICIPATIONS OF POST-MODERN LITERARY CRITICISM

Author(s): Thomas Cooper
Subject(s): Cultural history, Hungarian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Post-modern literary criticism; Les langues dans l'Europe nouvelle;

Summary/Abstract: In 1918 French linguist Antoine Meillet published an ambitious work entitled Les langues dans l'Europe nouvelle. Purporting to offer an assessment of the linguistic situation in Europe “telle qu’elle est, et non comme les vanités et les prétensions nationales ... souhaitent qu’elle soit”. the Frenchman descanted on the inadequacies of many European languages. Expressing his belief that in Europe “la civilisation matérielle, la science, l’art même s’y unifient”, Meillet lamented that the gradual incorporation of many languages into academic and intellectual discourse hampered this process. He complained that in the 20th century “la connaissance de l’allemand, de l’anglais, de l’espagnol, du français, de l’italien ne suffit plus à qui veut se tenir au courant de la civilisation moderne.”

  • Issue Year: 14/2000
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English