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‘But not for him. Just by him’: Hungarian landscapes and women’s time in the short fiction of Anna T. Szabó and Krisztina Tóth

Hurley, Ursula; Naray, Szilvi

Authors

Ursula Hurley



Abstract

Contemporary Hungarian women writers use the short form as a feminist intervention in current gender politics. Creating space in which to explore alternatives to patriarchal cultures and illiberal political movements, they deploy physical and imaginary landscapes to critique the past and present of embodied feminine experience. Our comparison of two short stories, ‘Moon and Palm’ (2016) by Anna T. Szabó (1972–present) and ‘Black Snowman’ (2006) by Krisztina Tóth (1967–present) intersects their complex temporalities with traditions of folklore and tale-telling to show how they turn a ‘feminine form’ into a feminist practice.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 24, 2025
Online Publication Date Mar 10, 2025
Publication Date Mar 10, 2025
Deposit Date Mar 11, 2025
Publicly Available Date Mar 11, 2026
Journal Short Fiction in Theory & Practice
Print ISSN 2043-0701
Publisher Intellect
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Issue 2
Pages 235-253
ISBN 2043-0701
DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00109_1
Keywords contemporary short fiction; feminist theory; gender equality; Hungarian short story; Julia Kristeva; life on land; literary cartography; women writers
Publisher URL https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/fict_00109_1