CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Besirevic, Katarina |
|---|---|
| Title | The Neo-Avantgarde on Trial in Yugoslavia: The Case of the "Uj Symposion" Journal (1971/2) |
| Summary | After the 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia the authorities had tightened their control over the state’s internal affairs. The period that followed became infamous for the banning and censorship cases, as well as political trials that targeted individuals and groups that stood in opposition to the regime. The youth press in Yugoslavia was deeply affected by these practices. One of the banned publications in this period was also "Új Symposion", a Hungarian-language journal published in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia). "Új Symposion" was a neo-avantgarde art and literary journal with a critical tone toward any imposed principles. In the trial processes in 1971, the 76th and 77th issues of the journal were banned. The reason for these proceedings was found in the two writings published by Sándor Rózsa and Miroslav Mandić. After the banning cases, in 1972 criminal charges were raised against the two authors and the Symposion’s editor Ottó Tolnai. The aim of this thesis is to explore the practice of political trials in Socialist Yugoslavia in the period of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The case of "Új Symposion" is used here as an example of the state’s politics toward the neo-avantgarde in the indicated period. Besides the neo-avantgarde, I examine the Symposion case in the context of the New Left, which also significantly affected the journal’s work and content. The two main questions explored are: how the neo-avantgarde can be put on trial and why the regime targeted a literary and art journal published in the Hungarian language, which only a minority in Yugoslavia could read. |
| Supervisor | Siefert, Marsha and Kürti, Emese |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/besirevic_katarina.pdf |
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