CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Szemetová, Lucia |
|---|---|
| Title | "We Laugh With Tears, It's So Hungarian:" The Narratives Of Hungarianness In Gabor Reisz' Films And Their Reception |
| Summary | The thesis studies the intersection of nationhood and cinema in contemporary Hungary. For this purpose it analyzes Gábor Reisz’ two films, For Some Inexplicable Reason (2014) and Bad Poems (2018), and their reflexive mode of representing Hungarianness in a specific Budapest context. This case study falls within the theoretical framework of banal nationalism and everyday nationhood, focusing on cultural production and audience reception. Using the films as a lens, a focus group study was conducted with a Generation Y Budapest audience. By employing the thematic analysis method, the present study finds that the participants identify with the ironic stance on Hungarianness conveyed through everyday experiences in the films. As such, the films voice the young urban adults’ ambivalent relationship with nationhood, providing a platform for renegotiating a new narrative of Hungarianness in contemporary Hungary. |
| Supervisor | Váradi, Luca; Strausz, László |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/szemetova_lucia.pdf |
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