Karinthy Frigyes „Géniusz” c. karcolatának és „Lepketánc” c. színművének elemzése Platón barlanghasonlata alapján

Abstract

Karinthy's entire oeuvre is interlaced by the search for possible world redemption. Accordingly he created various messiah figures, e.g. Sándor Ember (Alexander Man) as the "homunculus" of his play in Tomorrow morning (‘Holnap reggel’), Titus Telma as protagonist in The thousand-faced soul (‘Az ezerarcú lélek ‘) and the Proclamation of (‘Telma Titusz kiáltványa’), finally Jellen-Darman-Raganza the composite messiah/pseudo-messiah figure in his short novel Rope Dance (’Kötéltánc’). His sketch entitled Genius (’Géniusz’), which is now being examined, was published first 1908 under the title Va-con-dia in the columns of the Budapesti Napló. Its enhanced and more mature play version the Butterfly Dance (’Lepketánc’) was premiered 1927 with protagonist Genius who may also be classified as one of the saviour figures mentioned above.