CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Darmina, Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | HUNGARIAN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND ITS REPRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY HUNGARIAN CINEMA IN CASE OF "THE NOTEBOOK" AND "THE EXAM" MOVIES |
| Summary | The present study will investigate the audience’s perception of messages in contemporary Hungarian cinema encoded by the ruling Hungarian party. Particularly, it will use the examples of two movies that received state funding for their production and distribution: “The Notebook” and “The Exam”. The thesis will show that despite the universal aspects of these films and their orientation towards international cinema arena, “The Notebook” and “The Exam” were perceived by Hungarian audiences as being concerned with Hungary’s historical past and the periods of the Nazi and Soviet occupations. Thus, it will argue that the chosen movies primarily support the Hungarian historical narrative about the two occupations and victimization of Hungarians in the face of Nazi and Soviet aggressors as imposed by the ruling party Fidesz in order to sustain its power and provide Hungarians with a positive historical identity. Moreover, it will show that while the period of Soviet occupation was interpreted in the same negative way by all the respondents, the period of Nazi occupation was perceived as much more ambiguous and controversial. |
| Supervisor | Fabiani, Jean-Louis; Geva, Dorit |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/darmina_maria.pdf |
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