A norvég nemzeti karakterológia Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson és Henrik Ibsen magyar befogadástörténetében
The Norwegian National Characterology in the Hungarian Reception of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen

Summary/Abstract: Today, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s name does not seem as familiar to Hungarian readers as Henrik Ibsen’s, although Bjørnson was the first of them to be known in Hungary and his wide popularity can be traced in the Hungarian press from the second half of the 19th century. Mainly due to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s prosecutions in the international press against Hungary’s minority policy in 1907 (known as the “Björnson-affair”), he unexpectedly falls out from the Hungarian canon. However, Henrik Ibsen’s plays are essential pieces, his fame is uninterrupted to this day. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the contextual factors and limitations which determine the Hungarian reception of these Norwegian authors, and also to interpret what kind of stereotypes related to national characterology organize the Hungarian reception of Bjørnson and Ibsen.

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