Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1978 (6. évfolyam, 16-18. szám)
1978 / 18. szám
EAST-WEST SPRL is an independent information and research organization specializing in East-West trade since 1969. Its multi-national team based in Brussels is expert on economic systems. Its aim is to provide information required for western business decisions and planning for the East European market; to identify new opportunities or pitfalls; and to explain and interpret East European decisions, planning, investments, legislation, management and politics. Its publications include (a) Fortnightly Bulletin, which included such item in its last issue as a report on Hungarian jeans production which should reach one million pairs within two years, 40% of which will be sold in Hungary at a price of Ft. 980 each; (b) East European Statistics Service, which included in its recent issue tables on EEC imports (by country) of aluminium from Hungary during 1974-1977, and a (c) Confidential Monthly Report. The research and advisory arms of East-West publishes annual reports on pertinent economic topics, for example East-West Trade 1978; Electronic Data Processing in the USSR and Other East European Countries; Prospects of Economic Cooperation in COMECON; and COMECON Statistics. For more information write to EAST-WEST SPRL, 13, rue Hobbema, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. □ The Hungarian collection of the St. Michael College at Toronto is not well known to Hungarianist researchers. Characteristic of its holdings are the humanistic poems of Bishop Janus Pannonius of Pecs (15th century). At the courtyard of the college library stands a life-size bronz statue of Sándor Petőfi. Engelo Paredi, the librarian of the college recently arranged an exhibit in which the golden medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, presented by Pope Paul VI. to Astrik L. Gabriel, Chairman of the Council of Consultants of the HSN was displayed. Dr. Gabriel received this distinction in conjunction with an honorary doctoral degree awarded to him at the Ambrosiana of Milan. □ Kodály Center seeks piano. The Center needs three pianos, including one Steinway or Baldwin grand for concerts. Anyone having such a piano within reasonable distance of the Center, or knowing of someone who may wish to contribute a piano, should contact the Kodály Center of America, 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA 02165. Telephone: 617-332-2680. □ STUDIES IN SEMIOTICS Semiotics, a communication science which concerns itself with systems of signs expressing meanings man holds about the world around him, has a number of protagonists and a good number of publications in Hungary. The Institute of Ethnological Research of the HAS publishes Szemiotikái tanulmányok (Semiotic Studies) on a great variety of related subjects. Of the 48 studies published so far under the editorship of Mihály Hoppál, several are entirely in English, others have English summaries, thus are accessible to the English speaking scholar. Space does not permit reviewing individual studies of the past, but for the benefit of those interested in semiotics or in communication in general, we are presenting below a translation of all titles, marking studies written in English with an asterisk (*). Interested persons may write to Dr. Mihály Hoppál, Néprajzi Kutató Csoport, H-1250 Budapest, Postafio'k 29. Hungary. 1. Zsikla T.S. Golopentia-Eretescu, arid V. Voigt. Ethnology and Semiotics. 2. Grafik /., System of Property Signs and Its Place in Folk Culture. *3. Szemerkenyi, A. and V. Voigt. The Connection of Theme and Language in Proverbs. *4. Hoppal, M. Mythology as a System of Signs (Semiotic trends in Soviet comparative mythology). *5. Voigt, V. Some Problems of Narrative Structure. *6. Meletinsky, E.M. Typolotical Analysis of the Paleo• Asiatic Raven Myth. *7. Hoppál, M. Semiotic Research in Hungary. 8. Meletinsky, E.M. Current Theories of Myth. *9. Sebeok, T.A. Problems in the Classification of Signs. 10. Gunda, B. Herdsmen and their Signs. 11. Voigt, V. Methods of Semiotic Analysis of Folklore Texts. 12. Fröhlich, I. Attributions of the Villain in Folktales. 13. Nagy, G. Some Observations on Folk Art Motif Patterns. 14. Szemerkenyi, A. An Approcah to the Semiotic Study of Proverbs. 15. Gráfik, I. Family Property Signs. 16. Veres, P. Rights, Left, Male, Female. 17. Hoppal, M. Mythology as a Sign System. 18. Szepes, E. Hecate. The Trinity as a Basic Unit of Wisdom. 19. Lang, L. Statistics and Semiotics of Style. 20. Me'rei, F. Allusion, Semiotic Surplus in Communities of Experience. 21. Joo'b, E. Components of Daily News in Hungary. 22. R. Hidasi, J. Remarks on the Semiotics of Hungarian Greetings. 23. Working Team. The 1972 May Day Demonstration in Budapest. *24. Voigt, V., Gy. Szepe, and I. Szerdahelyi, (eds.) Signs and Communities; Essays on Social Semiotics of a Collective Volume. *25. Bibliography of Social Semiotics. (For nos. 10 to 23.) *26. Csűri, K. Some Rules of a Narrative Structure Type. 27. Hora'nyi, O. Contributiohs to the Theory of Visual Texts. 28. Kanyo', Z. Theory of Text and Theory of Literature. 29. Kelemen, J. Text and Meaning. 30. Kiefer, E. On the Grammatical Justification of Text Theory. 31. Hoppál, M. A Semiotic Model of the Hungarian “liderc" Belief. (Continued on page 8) RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Katalin Szent-Györgyi has completed two years of anthropological field research at Erdó'hát, and is now writing her dissertation on cognitive change. Her temporary address is c/o Néprajzi Kutató' Csoport, 1250 Budapest, Országház utca 30. □ Julie Beretz is studying atthe Folklore Department of Eötvös L. U. during the academic year 1978-79. □ NO. 18,1979, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 7
