Kritika (magazine)

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Kritika
EditorErno Balogh
Categories
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherNépszabadság Zrt.
Founded1963;60 years ago (1963)
First issueSeptember 1963
CountryHungary
Based in Budapest
Language Hungarian
Website Kritika
ISSN 0023-4818
OCLC 487590245

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

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History and profile

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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  5. 1 2 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.
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  7. ↑ "World Newspapers and Magazines. Hungary". Worldpress. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Szerkesztik". Kritika (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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