The Image of Woman by Three Contemporary Hungarian Women Writers: Réka Mán-Várhegyi, Anita Harag, and Rita Halász

Abstract

Abstract Since the turn of the millennium, the position of women writers in Hungarian literature has changed – they became more and more visible We can speak of a real and increased interest in women’s writing It is important that this change, which is of inclusive character, relates not only to the reconstruction of the literary past of women writers and the re-evaluation of the literary tradition but also to the interest in contemporary authors and their works At the same time, the continuation of previous literary achievements of women is emphasized Following a brief theoretical and historical introduction, the paper offers an analysis of three books written by women writers of the younger generation: Mágneshegy (Magnet Hill, 2018) by Réka Mán-Várhegyi, Évszakhoz képest hűvösebb (Rather Cool for the Time of the Year, 2019) by Anita Harag, and Mély levegő (Deep Breath, 2020) by Rita Halász The paper explores the image of woman that can be found in the analysed texts, examines the social dimension of these texts as well as the ways in which they correspond with and answer to the discourse on social changes in today’s Hungary