Új folyam XXI. 1-2. szám
Books and Events
Zoltán Fáy. Good Fridays, Easters and Pentecosts. A 300-years-old manuscript collection of mystery plays and other Biblical school dramas has been found recently at the famous Franciscan cloisters of Csíksomlyó, in the Székely area of Romania. The monastery dates back at least to the 15th century, and school theatre activity must also have started there earlier than the 18th century. The texts are now being published, accompanied by scholarly analyses.
Eszter Rőhrig. The Exhibition of Dezső Váli at the Napoleon House in Győr. An inspired meditation on the fine modulations in the motifs of the prominent contemporary painter, and their aura of associations.
Klára Tóth. “Do Keep the School!” Our film columnist praises the new documentary feature by the famous János Gulyás, on the efforts of village communities to keep and maintain their schools, in the the poor rural districts of Hungary, during recent years when their maintenance was not regarded as “feasible” any more by planning authorities.
Mihály Kubinszky. Remembering Dénes Györgyi. The famous member of the Hungarian circle of secession architects using modern structural technology and the ornamentalism of traditional Hungarian folklore, gradually turned toward a more functionalist design after World War I. He planned several representative buildings during his long career, among them Hungarian Pavilions for the World Fairs of Barcelona, Brussels and Paris.
János G. Gáspár. Our columnist on domestic affairs analyses the radical changes in the structure and style of governance, introduced more than a year ago by Viktor Orbán’s centre right administration, in possession of its two thirds majority in Parliament.
Péter Ákos Bod. When the Engine of the Economy is Coughing. The general state of the international economy and the introduction of the flat income tax seem both responsible for the delayed acceleration of the Hungarian economy, the former Governor of the Hungarian National Bank concludes. A change of strategy would be needed – little fiscal steps do not seem to suffice.
Ferenc Xavér Szunyogh, the Great Personality of the Benedictines. His enthusiastic one-time students have published a memorial book devoted to the work of their famous teacher in the Thirties and Forties in Budapest, who reformed his liturgy long before the Second Vatican Synod, beside other innovations.
The present issue of Magyar Szemle is illustrated with photo portraits by Kálmán Kecskeméti. On the cover: a group of freedom fighters in Budapest, 1956. Unknown photographer.
