pro és kontra Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney is a complex cultural phenomenon. She consistently identifies as a Marxist, and those she doesn't immediately antagonise she can't necessarily convince that they are on the same side.
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But arguably one of the most successful international contemporary authors, at 33 and with four bestselling novels to her name, she is an inescapable force - whether we like her or not. Confronting his novels is a good opportunity to get around the question of how (if at all) one of the top international products of the book-market machine can be a critic of the system? Is it emancipatory to question the romantic relationships of permanently wealthy white people? Is it right for an author who positions himself as a critic of the system to be an active contributor to streaming adaptations of his novels? Is anyone better at depicting the mediatised networks of relationships surrounding the young adult generation than the young Irish author? Sára Biró, Balázs Bocsik and Emilia Szűcs Anna Szűcs will discuss these and many other topics on the occasion of, but not limited to, the publication of Ronney's latest book Intermezzo. The panellists intend to give plenty of opportunity for audience members to share their views and ask thought-provoking questions.
Sára Biró (Târgu Mures, 2001) currently lives in Budapest, and for half a year she was a lecturer at the ELTE BTK
student of Hungarian Studies for half a semester. She is trying to figure out what to do next year.
Balázs Bocsik (Szeged, 1997) is a poet, critic, literary historian and doctoral student in the Hungarian and European Enlightenment PhD programme at ELTE. He also professes to be a Marxist.
His portrait was made by Viola Koczka.
Anna Emilia Szűcs (Budapest, 1999) is currently a doctoral student at the ELTE Doctoral School of Literature and Cultural Studies. She is one of the editors-in-chief of the online journal Nincs, and responsible editor of Napkút Publishing House.
