{"id":113,"date":"2026-04-07T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:10:37","slug":"nepi-irodalom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/nepi-irodalom\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Folk Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The objective of the folk writers\u2014and consequently of folk literature\u2014was to establish a novel national consciousness that encompassed the entirety of the Hungarian populace. Moreover, literature was regarded as a means of social transformation, underscoring its role in societal advancement. In the period following the Treaty of Trianon, the Hungarian people's national and social advancement was a primary concern.<\/p>

The fact that many of the members of the new group came from a peasant background was not the primary factor in bringing the folk to the fore. Instead, it emerged as a response to the necessity to identify novel solutions to enduring inquiries. A seminal insight was Dezs\u0151 Szab\u00f3's notion that the bourgeoisie and the proletariat had discredited themselves and lost their credibility in the post-World War I revolutions, whereas the peasantry had not. Consequently, Szab\u00f3 theorized that national renewal could be linked to the peasantry. The significance of the peasant problem can be elucidated by the fact that the agrarian question constituted the most important issue of the country, given that more than half of the population worked in agriculture between the two world wars.<\/p>

It was this sense of mission that brought together authors who were remarkably diverse in their aesthetic orientations. In light of this objective, re-evaluation of our history and literary tradition was initiated. In this spirit, they explored hitherto unknown regions of Hungarian life in their works.<\/p>

They sought to turn toward the people not symbolically, but practically. The concept of sociography emerged as a result of this practical turn toward the people. Consequently, sociography evolved into a structured program, signifying a vocation dedicated to serving the interests of the populace and the broader national agenda.<\/p>

Folk writers organized the March Front and the Sz\u00e1rsz\u00f3 conferences. In opposition to fascism and communism, they wanted to empower the Hungarian people to chart their own course. Literature was regarded as an indispensable tool for both individual and communal self-knowledge and life-shaping.<\/p>

Recommended resources<\/strong><\/p>

G\u00f6r\u00f6mbei Andr\u00e1s (2005): A magyar n\u00e9pi irodalom, Mindentud\u00e1s Egyeteme, 6. Kossuth Kiad\u00f3, Budapest, pp. 103-118.
https:\/\/real-eod.mtak.hu\/984\/1\/06%20G%C3%B6r%C3%B6mbei%20103-118.pdf<\/a>
https:\/\/www.videotorium.hu\/mindentudas\/hu\/recording\/8300<\/a><\/p>

Juh\u00e1sz Pint\u00e9r P\u00e1l (2003): A n\u00e9pi \u00edr\u00f3i mozgalom; Belvedere 2003\/XV. 5\u20138. pp. 4-15.
https:\/\/acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu\/4927\/1\/belvedere_2003_005_008_004-015.pdf<\/a><\/p>

N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/nemeth-laszlo<\/a><\/p>

Borb\u00e1ndi Gyula (2001): N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00e9s a n\u00e9pi mozgalom; N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 centen\u00e1riumi konferencia; Magyar Tudom\u00e1nyos Akad\u00e9mia, I. Nyelv- \u00e9s Irodalomtudom\u00e1nyok Oszt\u00e1lya, Budapest.
https:\/\/mta.hu\/i-osztaly\/nemeth-laszlo-centenariumi-konferencia-110538<\/a><\/p>

N\u00e9meth Magd\u00e1val, N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 l\u00e1ny\u00e1val G\u00f6r\u00f6mbei Andr\u00e1s besz\u00e9lget 1988. j\u00fanius 10-\u00e9n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1qgreZP0xA<\/a><\/p>

Aktu\u00e1lis-e ma N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3? Kaiser L\u00e1szl\u00f3 el\u0151ad\u00e1sa a R\u00e1tkay Klubban (2020. janu\u00e1r 30.)
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bGIcgQRGABo<\/a><\/p>

G\u00f6r\u00f6mbei Andr\u00e1s szerk. (1999): N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 irodalomszeml\u00e9lete; Kossuth Egyetemi Kiad\u00f3, Csokonai K\u00f6nyvt\u00e1r 17; Debrecen, 300 p.
https:\/\/dea.lib.unideb.hu\/items\/3fd6f498-9a53-4149-9e89-bd6701f6f36e<\/a><\/p>

M\u00f3ricz Zsigmond
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-osiris\/moricz-zsigmond<\/a><\/p>

Illy\u00e9s Gyula
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/illyes-gyula<\/a><\/p>

Erd\u00e9lyi J\u00f3zsef
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/erdelyi-jozsef<\/a>
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Gombos_Gyula-Tukorcserepek-57534<\/a><\/p>

F\u00e9ja G\u00e9za
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/feja-geza<\/a><\/p>

Kodol\u00e1nyi J\u00e1nos
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/kodolanyi-janos<\/a><\/p>

Kov\u00e1cs Imre
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Kalasz_Marton-Atossza_kiralyno_alma-47749<\/a><\/p>

Sinka Istv\u00e1n
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/p\/sinka-istvan<\/a>
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Gombos Gyula-Tukorcserepek-57534<\/a><\/p>

Szab\u00f3 L\u0151rinc
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/szabo-lorinc<\/a><\/p>

Szab\u00f3 Zolt\u00e1n
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Kodolanyi_Janos-Sziv_es_pohar-47964<\/a><\/p>

Tam\u00e1si \u00c1ron
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/tamasi-aron<\/a><\/p>

Veres P\u00e9ter
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Gombos_Gyula-Tukorcserepek-57534<\/a><\/p>

Guly\u00e1s Kl\u00e1ra – G. Merva M\u00e1ria szerk. (1990): Egy bar\u00e1ts\u00e1g levelekben. Guly\u00e1s P\u00e1l \u00e9s N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 levelez\u00e9se; Pet\u0151fi Irodalmi M\u00fazeum, Budapest.
https:\/\/library.hungaricana.hu\/hu\/view\/ORSZ_PIMU_Im_28_baratsag\/?pg=4&layout=s<\/a><\/p>

\u201eEzt a s\u00f6t\u00e9ts\u00e9get a h\u00e1bor\u00fa ut\u00e1n egyik\u00fck sem gondolta\u201d \u2013 N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00e9s Guly\u00e1s P\u00e1l levelez\u00e9se
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DefNTuS8k50<\/a><\/p>

N\u00e9meth L\u00e1szl\u00f3 eml\u00e9kbesz\u00e9de a Guly\u00e1s P\u00e1l-eml\u00e9kesten – 1969. 05. 17.
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_vOoJNYZwkU<\/a><\/p>

Gombos Gyula
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/gombos-gyula<\/a><\/p>

Szeredi P\u00e1l szerk. (2019): Borb\u00e1ndi Gyula \u00e9s Kov\u00e1cs Imre levelez\u00e9se 1949\u20131980; Praesidium Kiad\u00f3i Bt. Pilisszentkereszt, 469 p.
Az elektronikus kiadv\u00e1ny megjelen\u00e9si helye: www.ujlatohatar.com<\/a>
https:\/\/ujlatohatar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Borb\u00e1ndi-Gyula-\u00e9s-Kov\u00e1cs-Imre-levelez\u00e9se-k\u00f6tet-v\u00e1gott.pdf<\/a><\/p>

Cs\u00f3ri S\u00e1ndor
https:\/\/reader.dia.hu\/document\/Gorombei_Andras-Csoori_Sandor-8569<\/a><\/p>

K\u00e1ny\u00e1di S\u00e1ndor
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/kanyadi-sandor<\/a><\/p>

S\u00fct\u0151 Andr\u00e1s
Digit\u00e1lis Irodalmi Akad\u00e9mia: https:\/\/dia.hu\/dia-szerzok\/suto-andras<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

N\u00e9pi irodalom A n\u00e9pi \u00edr\u00f3k \u2013 \u00edgy a n\u00e9pi irodalom \u2013 c\u00e9lja az eg\u00e9sz magyar n\u00e9pet mag\u00e1ban foglal\u00f3 \u00faj nemzettudat megteremt\u00e9se volt. Az irodalmat a t\u00e1rsadalmi cselekv\u00e9s eszk\u00f6z\u00e9nek is tekintett\u00e9k. Egyszerre k\u00edv\u00e1nt\u00e1k el\u0151seg\u00edteni a Trianon ut\u00e1ni magyars\u00e1g nemzeti \u00e9s szoci\u00e1lis felemelked\u00e9s\u00e9t. A n\u00e9p el\u0151t\u00e9rbe ker\u00fcl\u00e9s\u00e9ben nem az j\u00e1tszotta a f\u0151 szerepet, hogy az \u00faj csoport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szd-folkhighschool.org.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}