Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1978 (6. évfolyam, 16-18. szám)
1978 / 17. szám
Tamás Magay, A Chapter in the History of English Lexicography in Hungary N. Horton Smith, The Dictionaries Seen from the English End Lajos Nemedi, National Culture - European Patterns Viktor Julow, English References in Ferenc Verseghy’s Rikóti Mátyás fMiklós Szenczi, Romantic Qualities in English Renaissance Criticism? Eleme'r Hankiss, On the Structure of Beauty István Pa'lffy, Byron and His Dramatic Self-Portraits G.F. Cushing, The Two Earliest Hungarian Grammars for English Students Peter Sherwood, An Englishman’s Sixty Years in Hungary Pe'ter Egri, Eugene O’Neill: The Iceman Cometh, An Epic Tragicomedy of Illusion and Reality Charlotte Kretzoi, Some Aspects of American Realism Zoltán Abádi Nagy, The Entropie Rhythm of Thomas Pynchon’s Comedy i nr The Crying of Lot 49. Zsolt Viragos, James Baldwin: Stereotype Versus Counterstereotype Zoltán Szilassy, Yankee Burlesque or Metaphysical Farce? (Kopit’s Oh Dad, Poor Dad Reconsidered) József Gellen, Colonel Pragay’s Unknown Letterto American Statesmen János Barta, Jr., England’s Role in the Enlightened Absolutists Theory of State Lajos Arday, Economics Versus Nationality, British Plans for Re-shaping East-Central Europe in 1917-1919 Bela Korponay, Adjectival Constructions in English and Hungarian József Csapod Adjectives with Negative Affixes in Modern English and Their Hungarian Equivalents, A Contrastive Study Katalin E. Kiss, The Notions of Topic and Focus Be'la Hoilosy, Some Theoretical Comments on the Category of Aspect in English The Publications of László Országh (1929-1977) MEETINGS The Conference on Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes in Rural Life was jointly organized by the Comparative Rural Transformation Program of the U. of Nebraska, and the Committee on Rural Development of the International Georgraphic Union. The three day conference (April 13-15, 1978) brought together economists, political scientists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and historians from several countries. The geographic scope of the conference was great, with contributions on Latin America, Eastern Europe, the U.S.S.R., China, Canada, and India. Rural change of many kinds was discussed, including change in values, production, social organization, culture, psychology, language, and education. Particularly useful and productive were the sessions comparing the process and results of farm collectivization in the various socialist countries of Eastern Europe, the U.S.S.R., China and Israel. The more specific discussions of recent economic and social changes in rural Hungary were enhanced by the presence of three scholars from Hungary. György Enyedi of the I.G.U. and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences gave a keynote address on Rural transformation in Eastern Europe; Antal Gyenes of the Cooperative Research Institute spoke on The transformation of Hungarian agriculture: failures and successes; and János Timár of the Karl Marx U. discussed the effects of collectivization. Two CARLILE AYLMER MACARTNEY 1895 - 1978 broad issues emerged from these papers as well as from others about Hungary by American scholars. First, it was argued that the rural population of Hungary has experienced, sinceWW II, social and cultural changes which have led to the virtual disappearance of a traditional peasantry. Second, in efficiency of production and in allocation of agricultural labor there is a complex interdependent relationship between large scale collective farms and small privately owned plots. The specifics of this relationship and its implications for the future were vehemently debated. Other contributions which dealt with Hungarian subjects included several on the cultural aspects of rural change: Peter D. Bell (UCSD) Changes in social ranking and attribution in a rural Hungarian village; Marianna D. Birnbaum (UCLA) Rights and restrictions of women as recorded in the classical Hungarian ballad; Wilma Ennenga (SUNY Binghamton) Changes in peasant attitudes towards land ownership in Hungary; Susan Gal (Rutgers U.) The linguistic effects of urbanization in an Austrian-Hungarian town. There were also papers about economic change: Peter Elek (Villanova U.) The socioeconomic impact of integrated production processes on the rural transformation of Hungary; Janos Horvath (Butler U.) Food production and farm size: a reconsideration of alternatives; Martin L. Kovács (U. of Regina) Hungarian peasants on the Canadian prairies: a historical study of economic change; and Ivan Volgyes (U. of Nebraska) one of the organizers of the conference, spoke about collectivization and production in Hungary since World War II. Susan Gal, Rutgers U. O The Third Annual Conference of the American Hungarian Educators’ Association was held at Rutgers U. in April 1978. Following a welcome by Nathaniel Pallone, Dean of the U. College, István Deák (Columbia U.) in his keynote address suggested that changes in Hungarian life, whether through reform or revolution, have been most successful when the traditions of the country were respected, or at least events were interpreted thus. The Literature Section, chaired by Agnes H. Vardy (Robert Morris Coll.), explored the role of innovation and tradition. Mitzi M. Brunsdale (Mayville St. Coll.) compared two rebels in literature: Lord Byron and Endre Ady. Julius Nyikos (Washington and Jefferson Coll.) spoke on the lyric innovator, Attila Jo'zsef; and Louis J. Elteto (Portland St. U.) demonstrated that Hungarian poets have always felt a commitment to contemporary issues and frequently assisted in shaping them. A modern examplewas examined by Karoly Nagy (Middlesex County Coll.) in his paper on the reception of Cold Days by Tibor Cseres and its screenplay by Andra's Kovács. In the Cultural Studies Section, chaired by Martin L. Kovács (U. of Regina) eight speakers participated: Robert (Continued on page 8) NO. 17, 1978, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 7
