Mogyorósi Zoltán – Translating Culture
I believe in translation. This statement might sound odd, but more and more examples prove each day that the technical realisation of cultural translation cannot be carried out, moreover, it is not considered to be necessary by some of the translators. I found that phenomenon utterly disturbing, so I chose a novel which has become…
Nemes Zsolt – Manga Shakespeare or Shakespeare forever?
Fond of comics? Heard of Manga Shakespeare? If you haven’t, this article’s for you. If you have, I’m going to blow all your assumptions and fantasies away, by stating the obvious: Manga Shakespeare is not manga, and certainly not a teaching material promoting Shakespeare. If you still want to read it, I will prove it…
Vékási Adél – Discworld – A Story about Stories
What makes the Discworld series so popular? This was what I set out to answer in my bachelor’s thesis which I wrote last year about Sir Terry Pratchett’s series of novels. In the thesis I argued that one of the key components behind the popularity of the books among critics and readers alike is their…
Bödecs Rebeka – ‘Young and Beautiful’
The 2013 Baz Luhrman adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is regarded by many as an over stylized, extremely dramatic mixture of glitter and blood. Probably this is the reason why it puts off so many viewers and earns such violent criticism. Yet I was recommended to watch it by at least…
Welcome to EDZine
Welcome and thank you for visiting Pázmány EDZine (English Department Magazine). We are thrilled to announce that with this blog post we are launching the English Department’s new project, this Magazine-like blog-journal. In EDZine we are going to write about ourselves to tell the interested what we are up to. OK, in other words what…