Hungarian Study Guide

Flashcards for reviewing key vocabulary from a Hungarian literature and grammar lecture.

Brown v. Board of Education

1954 Supreme Court case that ruled separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

New Hungarian high school graduation exam

The new system for the 2025 graduation exam focuses on spoken language topics and understanding literature, poetry, novels and drama.

Ady Endre

Hungarian poet whose work covers topics such as solitude, aging, death and crisis of values.

Vocabulary used to describe Ady Endre's poetry

Images, opposition, encounters between the narrator and God.

The Title Rendben van, Úristen

Expresses uncertainty, Deistic religious experience, and acceptance of fate.

Petőfi's role

Romantic poet, expressing folk and heroic roles.

Deizmus

Religious philosophy believing in God, but doubting divine intervention.

Ars poetica

A statement of the aims and methods of a poet or school of poetry

Figure etimologica

The juxtaposition of semantically-related words

Paradoxon

Statement that contradicts itself and still seems true

archaizálás

Use of old or obsolete language.

Thematic elements of Arany János' ballads

Historical, folktales, and urban themes predominate.

Shakespeare of the Ballad

Arany János' nickname

The three structural types of ballads

Linear, parallel, and circular.

A Walesi Bárdok

A historical ballad written by Arany Janos that condemns tyranny and extols the virtues of patriotism.

Szondi két apródja

A historical ballad that demonstrates armed resistance, submission, and passive resistance.

Ágnes asszony

A folk ballad exploring themes of guilt and madness.

Babits Mihály

Hungarian poet, novelist, translator and essayist.

Poeta doctus

A Latin term that describes a poet who is knowledable, scholarly, and cultured.

Homo moralis

A Latin term that describes an individual who is concerned with what is good and right.

Fill in the blank: Vétkesek közt _ , aki néma.

Cinkos

The first period of Babits' artistic periods

Features a questioning philosopher and poet.

The second period of Babits' artistic periods

Features work as a chorus soul poet.

The third artistic period of Babits

Focuses on a poet who preserves values.

The fourth artistic period of Babits

Centers on a poet preparing for death.

The fifth artistic period of Babits

Features a modern man's mission, as Jónás.

Topic(s) of Hiszek hitetlenül Istenben

Highlights value and the need to believe in God.

Herczeg Ferenc

A Hungarian writer known for dramas and novels, often examining nobility, urban life, and women's issues.

Karrierregény

A novel about an individual's rise in society.

Poetic devices used in conjunction with Isten (God)

Tőismétlés (figura etimologica) and paradoxon

The role of archaization

In poetry, meant to make a dignified tone and style.