<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>There are countless ways of crossing borders, be they physical, geographic, social, economic, cultural or psychological. When coming up against a border, one has two options: either to cross it or to remain within. This essay investigates Csaba Székely’s <italic>Bányavidék</italic> [Mine District] trilogy primarily from the perspective of such concepts of imagology as region, center-periphery dichotomy, identity, image, representation, as well as stereotypes and clichés, and examines whether the playwright truly deconstructs such stereotyped representations of the specific geographical and cultural space and its people the trilogy focuses on.</p></abstract>

There are countless ways of crossing borders, be they physical, geographic, social, economic, cultural or psychological. When coming up against a border, one has two options: either to cross it or to remain within. This essay investigates Csaba Székely’s Bányavidék [Mine District] trilogy primarily from the perspective of such concepts of imagology as region, center-periphery dichotomy, identity, image, representation, as well as stereotypes and clichés, and examines whether the playwright truly deconstructs such stereotyped representations of the specific geographical and cultural space and its people the trilogy focuses on.

Inability of Crossing Borders: Csaba Székely’s <italic>Bányavidék</italic> [Mine District] Trilogy

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Inability of Crossing Borders: Csaba Székely’s  [Mine District] Trilogy

There are countless ways of crossing borders, be they physical, geographic, social, economic, cultural or psychological. When coming up against a border, one...

Inability of Crossing Borders: Csaba Székely’s Bányavidék [Mine District] Trilogy

Published Online: Feb 25, 2019

Page range: 89 - 104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0006

Keywords
Csaba Székely, [Mine District], Szeklerland, stereotypes

© 2018 Boróka Prohászka-Rád et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Inability of Crossing Borders: Csaba Székely’s Bányavidék [Mine District] Trilogy

Published Online: Feb 25, 2019

Page range: 89 - 104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0006

KeywordsCsaba Székely, [Mine District], Szeklerland, stereotypes

© 2018 Boróka Prohászka-Rád et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Csaba Székely, [Mine District], Szeklerland, stereotypes