DECADES OF GYULA KRÚDY

Abstract

Imre Bori published a still unmatched, remarkably elaborate study on Gyula Krúdy’s works in the period starting with the birth of The Crimson Coach and ending with The Seven Owls. This paper examines looking back from a distance of four decades how long-lasting are the accentuation marks regarding to Krúdy’s oeuvre, what convincing power has the concept of the writer’s role that unites the period under discussion, that is, what the observations are in the field of narrative poetics which also have an incentive effect on Krúdy reception today. The paper first of all focuses on what changes need to be made to the interpretation that assumes realistic narrative behaviour approaching from the horizon of interpretation of literature today, and it also makes an attempt to see what lasting results offer Imre Bori’s Krúdy interpretations despite the changes in discourse.