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• Adverbialization and Prepositionalisation of Prepositional Phrases in Old Slavonic. Adverbial and Semi-Adverbial Phrases with по Preposition

  22 p.

  Tatyana Ilieva

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  385

  The present paper is concerned with the adverbial and semi-adverbial phrases (with incomplete lexicalization), which are formed by prefixing a preposition to an autosemantic word in the Old Slavonic language. The empirical material is systematized on the basis of the prepositions involved in the word formation process, with regard to the adjuncts determined by the newly-formed adverbs and on the basis of the lexico-grammatical affiliation of the motivating word. The path of adverbialization is analyzed in each case and the systematic relations of the newly-formed adverbial units are also described.

• The Hungarian reception of Dostoevsky until the 1920s in the context of European and Hungarian Modernism

  Ágnes Dukkon

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  325

  This paper deals with the questions Dostoevsky’s reception in Hungary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author investigates the growing interest in Dostoevsky in the context of the new trends of art and literature and gives a detailed survey of the most characteristic reactions (i.e. reviews, studies, introductions to books) about the new translations and editions of Dostoevsky’s works. Among the most relevant questions addressed arestereotypes about Russian culture and people, living in Hungary duringthe past centuries, the various interpretations of Crime and Punishment, and some comparative aspects in the analyses of this novel.

• Cultural Policy of Russia and Hungary: Modern Discourse and New Actors

  11 p.

  Olga Szűcs

  Tatyana Yudina

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  404

  The authors of the article argue that contemporary cultural policy discourse is in the focus
  of attention of scientific communities, social and political organizations and government institutions.
  It represents a sort of symbolic struggle and nominations and has necessitated a
  new approach to cultural policy structuring. The article shows that this necessity is demonstrated
  by the development of cooperation between Russia and Hungary in terms of cultural
  sectors and cultural heritage. Expert communities and non-governmental organizations are
  becoming significant elements in the structure of cultural policy subjects. The association
  “For Hungarian-Russian cooperation named after Leo Tolstoy” has become such a key issue.
  The authors of this article attempt to highlight the most essential contemporary issues in
  the sphere of cultural policy in general and in relation of two separate countries – Russia and
  Hungary – through the scientific project “Hygiene of culture”.

• Bugs, Burrow, Inquisitor: Dostoevskian Intertexts in Eyeless in Gaza

  Angelika Reichmann

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  324

  The present article is devoted to the discussion of intertextual connections between Aldous Huxley’s Eyeless in Gaza (1936) and three works by Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground(1864), Crime and Punishment (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880, Grand Inquisitor scene). As is well-known, the Dostoevskian novel of ideas was a major inspiring force for Aldous Huxley’s art: Huxley’s rewriting of the Grand Inquisitor episode in Brave New World (1932) is probably the best-known case in point. Nonetheless, insufficient critical attention has been devoted to the actual intertextual connections between the two novelists’ output. As I have demonstrated earlier, on closer inspectionPoint Counter Point (1928) turns out to be a rewriting of Devils (1872), which, however, alsoproves to be a low point in Huxley’s assessment of Dostoevsky – a companion piece to his incidental vicious critique included in his 1929 essay on Baudelaire, in which Huxley also targets spiritual quest. Let me argue that Eyeless in Gaza can be read as a sequel to that polemic, in which a change of Huxley’s attitude to Dostoevsky is clearly notable: the novel provides a much more subtle and even respectful critique of Dostoevsky by implying the universal relevance of the Dostoevskian underground to the understanding of the modern human condition and by re-embracing spiritual quest.