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The paper discusses the problem of choice among the products of children’s culture and identifies the media through which these products can be accessed. The structure of popular websites about children’s literature and the advertising strategies of major publishers are also discussed. The author adopts a functional approach towards children’s books and presents the diversity of situations and functions when a family interacts with children’s culture.
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Characters in books of children’s literature,as stated in recent theories, are largely defined by their desires – and these desires usually emerge in ’realistic’ plots as a linear succession of events. But what happens when a book of children’s literature assumes a paradoxical view on desire? Gellu Naum(1915–2001), one of the most influential poets of Romanian surrealism created in 1959 an animal character (a penguin) whose name, Apolodor rhymes with the Romanian word for desire: „dor”. This character assumedly and repeatedly defines himself through his desires, but these desires change throughout the story written in verses,presenting the journey of Apolodor also as aparodic quest for the self.The article explores how the differring editions of Apolodor change also the nature of this quest and explains what is the effect of changing the character’s name in the Hungarian translation of Erik Majtényi.The Second Book of Apolodor (1964) being a work illustrated by the author himself, the analysis reveals also a stronger connection between image and verse within the book.
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This paper deals with discourses about the „local (regional) product”, analyzes the means different actors use in the invention and construction of local food in Seklerland, the ways of interpretation. It also tries to reveal some of the factors of the social phenomena that lead to the present trends and abundance of notions. As a main theoretical frame the writing is based on conceptions of conventions theory, a further aim is to clarify and to provide a brief sketch of the regional alternative food sector.
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The social and cultural institutions of the Hungarians in Hungary and Transylvania appeared in greater numbers in the first half of the 19th century. The Hungarian society in the beginning of the 19th century underwent a huge cultural and social change which had also a profound impact on the life of the bourgeoisie. At the beginning of the 19th century, the bourgeoisie became a more powerful social class, its role in politics became more important. Both of the social classes, the nobility and the bourgeoisie (middle class) fought for power, and at the end of the 19th century it’s noticeable that the Hungarian aristocrats do not have the same political weight as before, while the bourgeoisie represents the main power. The casinos appeared in this period, they were considered the centers of social life. In Cluj four casinos were established (Casino of Cluj, Cluj Circle, National Casino and the Bourgeois Circle). These casinos had a thorough activity and contributed to the development of the social life. Before the Revolution of 1848, the Bourgeois Circle was formed in Cluj and its shareholders were part of the middle class. After the Compromise of 1867, the intelligentsia of Cluj created new associations. The casinos had a new flourishing era; the city had several cultural associations and three grand casinos (the Cluj Circle was founded in 1869, which was the third casino of thecity), many cultural circles came into existence, which had similar interests and activities. In the present paper the functioning of the two bourgeois casinos are discussed
More...Tibori Szabó Zoltán: Zsidlic. A Kolozsvári Zsidó Gimnázium története (1940–1944) The History of the Jewish High School of Kolozsvár (1940–1944)
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