Mítosz két keréken : Kosztolányi Dezső: Kifelé, avagy Károly apja
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Mítosz két keréken : Kosztolányi Dezső: Kifelé, avagy Károly apja
Létrehozó:
Takács, László
Dátum:
2015
Téma:
P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet
PA20 Latin / latin filológia
PB Modern European Languages / modern európai nyelvek
PH04 Hungarian language and literature / magyar nyelv és irodalom
PN0080 Criticism / irodalomkritika
Tartalmi leírás:
One of Dezs? Kosztolányi?s early short stories, titled Kifelé (Outward-bound), was
published in 1904 in a provincial paper called Szeged és Vidéke. Kosztolányi later
included this early piece of writing in a compilation of short stories. In this publication
the story was given a new title, namely, Károly apja (Charles?s Father). The plot centers
on two sculptors, father and son, who can be considered representatives of opposing
generations. On returning home from Paris, the son realises that his father does not
create sculptures any longer but has become addicted to alcohol. Károly (Charles)
the younger, who is still enthusiastic about his experiences in the French capital,
would do anything to revitalise his father and restore his earlier vigor. Several of
Károly junior?s attempts fail until one day he manages to teach his father to ride the
bicycle. He assists his father?s escape from hospital and then they cycle together at
such a speed that Károly?s father loses control over the vehicle. He finally plummets
into the river and drowns. Kosztolányi?s intention when writing the story was ? as
stated in his correspondence ? to highlight the generation gap experience. He did
not refer to Ovidius in his correspondence at all, or mention the fact that he was
reading Ovidius?s Metamorphoses at the time, whose storyline was very similar. This
paper aims to explain how Kosztolányi reshapes classical sources by merging two
well-known stories of the famous Roman poet: that of Pygmalion, who gave life to a
statue, and that of Daedalus, who was trying to flee with his son, Icarus, on wings. But
Kosztolányi does not simply merge these stories, he transforms them instead. Károly
junior is, on the one hand, a Pygmalion who is trying very hard to keep his father
alive, while his father is gradually turning into a dead statue. On the other hand, he
resembles Icarus, who rescues his father from a prison-like life by driving him into
the freedom of death.
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Azonosító:
Takács, László (2015) Mítosz két keréken : Kosztolányi Dezső: Kifelé, avagy Károly apja. Studia Litteraria, 54 (1-2). pp. 138-147. ISSN 0562-2867
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