Kritika (magazine)

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Kritika
EditorErno Balogh
Categories
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherNépszabadság Zrt.
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
First issueSeptember 1963
CountryHungary
Based inBudapest
LanguageHungarian
WebsiteKritika
ISSN0023-4818
OCLC487590245

Kritika (Hungarian: Critique) is a monthly political, cultural and literary magazine published in Budapest, Hungary. It has been in circulation since 1963.

History and profile[edit]

The first issue of Kritika appeared in September 1963,[1] and it was the official organ of the Institute of Literary Studies.[2] The Hungarian Literary History Society and the Association of Hungarian Writers were also partners of the magazine which published reviews, aesthetic studies primarily on fiction, music and cinema.[3] The founding editors-in-chief were András Diószegi and Antal Wéber.[2] Later Wéber was replaced by Miklós Almási in the post.[2] Its most active collaborators were Miklós Béládi Zoltán Kenyeres and Béla Pomogáts who continued to work for the magazine until 1971.[2] During this period the magazine strictly followed the Marxist-Leninist ideology[3] and featured interviews one of which was with the poet Gyula Illyés.[4] However, Kritika left its focus on realism and socialist literary criticism in 1966 and began to cover articles on structuralism.[5]

In 1971 the Hungarian authorities ended the affiliation of the magazine with the Institute of Literary Studies, and Pál Pándi was appointed editor-in-chief of Kritika in 1972.[2] Immediately after his appointment the central committee of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party banned all work on structuralism.[5] During Pándi's editorship Kritika focused on literary, cultural and political issues. Notable contributors of this period included Pál Almási, István Király, Péter Agárdi, Gábor Ráfis Hajdú, and Géza Vasy.[3] Pándi served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine until 1983.[3]

It is published on a monthly basis by Népszabadság Zrt. which also publishes a left-liberal daily, Népszabadság.[6] The magazine, headquartered in Budapest, describes itself as a "socio-theoretical and cultural publication".[6] It covers essays on literary, theatre and film analyses, and interviews.[6] In addition, it publishes articles about political and cultural analyses.[7] As of 2013 Erno Balogh was the editor of the monthly.[8]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ József Deák (2014). "The Police, then Interior Review for the Forming of the Science of Law Enforcement; from its Beginning to the Change of the Political System". West Bohemian Historical Review. 4 (2): 241.
  2. ^ a b c d e Péter Agárdi (15 January 2014). "Pándi Pál Kritikája és a Kritika Pándija". nol.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kritika 1963-2017". arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ Pal Miklos; Jozsef Szili (1970). "Recent Disputes on Literary History among Hungarian Critics". New Literary History. 2 (1): 107. doi:10.2307/468591. JSTOR 468591.
  5. ^ a b Péter Hajdu (2017). "The Oppressive and the Subversive Sides of Theoretical Discourse". In Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu; Takayuki Yokota-Murakami (eds.). Policing Literary Theory. Leiden: Brill. p. 142. doi:10.1163/9789004358515_009. ISBN 9789004358515.
  6. ^ a b c "Kritika". Euro Topics. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. ^ "World Newspapers and Magazines. Hungary". Worldpress. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Szerkesztik". Kritika (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 October 2013.

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