Korunk 2013 (III. folyam 24.)
2013 / 7. szám = Ezerkilencszáztizenhárom - ABSTRACTS
m 2013/7 126 ABSTRACTS István Angi ■ Stravinsky’s Ballet Sacre du Printemps Premiered One Hundred Years Ago Keywords: Gefühlsästhetik, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, scandal, shock The study analyses from the viewpoint of Gefühlsästhetik the ballet’s creation, premiere and reception. It is well known that the premiere, which took place exactly one hundred years ago, has been the greatest musical scandal of our times. The accentuated dynamics of the conflicts of feelings, which generated the scandal, lead to an almost traumatic shock experience during the creation, interpretation and reception of this work. Just like the Allegro Barbaro by Béla Bartók, among other notable works, the music of the Sacre du Printemps is strong and shocking. The study discovers the object of its aesthetical message in the general circular usage of shocking effects. The author explains that this shock experience includes an awakening. That is, he urges us to wake up to the reality of the self, and to discontinue merely staring at ourselves and our entourage. According to Stravinsky, we should change ourselves and the world which surrounds us in the name of our right to awareness. Maybe we should take up again the Sacre de Printemps’s opportunity in this awakening to the consciousness of reality. Ferenc Csortán ■ On India: Four Theses Keywords: Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize for Literature, India, history of civilization, conflicts, population, cultural reception Under the pretext that the world is celebrating 100 years since Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the study attempts to present an image of contemporary India. India represents a multiple paradox as it is simultaneously a millennium old civilization and a brand new state, both modern and obsolete, rich and poor, peaceful yet strongly armed. Ethnically diverse and full of conflicts, but also a stable, well-functioning democracy. Lead by strong women, but with still a long way to go until the women citizens themselves also accomplish real emancipation. India is the second most populated country of the world. Furthermore, India carries a large potential and, as such, it is a rising great power. Infact, India makes us wonder whether it may already be a great power. The paper is concluded with the stories of some notable Hungarian or Transylvanian personalities, whose Indian experiences impacted on them, hence having an influence on their social and/or cultural environment as well. Vilmos Erős ■ An Outline of Modern Austrian Historical Writing Keywords: eruditism, professionalism, Geistesgeschichte, gesamtdeutsch historiography, social and intellectual history, postm odernism The study is part of a historiographical synthesis in the making. The author depicts in it the most important epochs, historians, institutions etc. of modern Austrian historical writing. The paramount periods in this respect are: the eruditism of the 18lh century, the 19lh century’s professionalism, Geistesgeschichte and Volkstumskunde (the so-called gesamtdeutsch historiography) between the two world wars, trends of social and intellectual history after the Second World War, as well as postmodernism at the end and the turn of the 20th century. Andor Horváth ■ A New Hungarian Translation of Marcel Proust’s Du coté do chez Swann Keywords: Marcel Proust, A la recherche du temps perdu, 20"' century novel, literary reception, Hungarian culture, translation The first volume of A la recherche du temps perdu was published in 1913 without producing a great literary event. Nevertheless, since its publishing, Proust’s roman-fleuve has become one of the most important literary performances of the 20,h century. Having finished a new Hungarian translation, the author explains the method and the procedure he adopted in order to obtain simultaneously more fidelity to the original and more elegance, in spite of the Proustian prose being notorious for giving rise to insurmountable difficulties. To illustrate the result of his labour, the journal publishes the chapter describing the memorable scene of Swann’s visit at the