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ABSTRACTS
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MÁRIA HERNÁDI
Boxes opened, boxes closed
Spaces, times, characters and languages in the drama
Children and Soldiers by János Pilinszky
The work of János Pilinszky as a playwright is inspired by the distinctive directions
of his thinking. Concerning dramas, the most important of them is the guest to
restore presence and the ideal of evangelical aesthetics. In my presentation, I will
analyse the play Gyerekek és katonák [Children and Soldiers], which is the closest
to the traditional form of drama, whereas it reflects almost all of the author’s literary
and theatrical pursuits.
The way Pilinszky thinks, and, as a result, his lyrical, epic and dramatic oeuvre
too, can be characterized by his creating closed systems to which he generates his
own, hermetic system of signs and references. He creates his dramas from this kind
of interlocking ‘boxes’, and this characteristic box structure is the most complex
and richly layered in meaning in his play “Children and Soldiers”. In my presentation,
I attempt to explore this layering through the analysis of the use of space and time,
characters and language.
ZSUZSA HORVATH
Janos Pilinszky, theatrical critic
This study makes an attempts to review, systematize, and group Janos Pilinszky’s
critiques, criticisms of theatrical performances in Hungary. I will turn to the
peculiarities of the theatrical concept that can be deduced from them, and then
I will compare it with Pilinszky’s own and the possible theatrical ideas of the era,
with the way of thinking about theater. Pilinszky’s work in this field is a less
researched and explored area of the author’s concept of theater. This study may
in part contribute to a better understanding of Pilinszky’s early theatrical activity
and to developing a more complete concept.
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