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Hilda NagyMedical perspective in a short story by Géza CsáthLaughter, authority and eroticism (Johanna)
The purpose of this study is to approach Géza Csáth’s Johanna from a medical perspective inspired by the medical humanities and by medical narratives. I argue thatthe relationship between literature and medicine can be better understood by applying not only the writer’s (psycho)biography but taking into account the transnationalproblems of the period and the interdisciplinary context. However, this paper does not want to separate the short story and the author from each other,instead it wishes to highlight a productive duality, especially how real life and fiction react to each other. The main topics: the potential function of laughter, authorityand eroticism; a narratological approach plays also an important role in the interpretation, especially of the relation between them.
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