Kukoricza Jancsi másik élete – Csurgó Csaba: Kukoricza (Doboztankönyv-fejezet)
The Other Life of Jancsi Kukoricza – Csaba Csurgó: Kukoricza [Corn] (Packetbook chapter)

Summary/Abstract: The packetbook chapter analyzes a famous Hungarian rewriting, Csaba Csurgó’s Kukoricza [Corn]. It deals with the work’s worldbuilding, social structure and its connection to the original Petőfi epic poem, János vitéz [John the Valiant], which can be considered as a prologue or antecedent of Csurgó’s work. It also discusses the features of rewriting and its refreshing characteristic, and it unravels the intertextual references too. The work deals with problems raised by the narrative which cause serious consequences in our world: overflowed nationalism, xenophobia, populism, or the excessive loyalty towards certain ideologies. The work, in this form, functions as a teaching aid; it is an essential part of a continuously expanding literature packetbook, which discusses Kukoricza and includes hermeneutical and team-building exercises as well as tasks which aim at improving writing skills.

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