Andor Sas and the Hungarian Literature in (Czecho)Slovakia

The subject of this article is the emergence of the problematization and evaluation of Hungarian literature in (Czecho)Slovakia in the work of Andor Sas (1887–1932), especially in his work as a critic. Sas’s works were created in ideologically infected times, and this is also reflected in the language and perspective of the texts. Sas primarily dealt with the Hungarian literature in Slovakia in his journalistic critical texts, cultivating what is known as pedagogical criticism. In the memory of his contemporaries, he lives as one of the most significant shapers of minority literature, as a supporter of young talents, but based on his remaining writings, this exceptional role is dwarfed. In the 1950s, Sas showed himself to be a supporter of literary Sovietization, and most of his literary political texts can be interpreted as a demonstration of loyalty. On the other hand, Gyula Duba’s discovery as a writer is proof that he was also able to assert more serious aesthetic points of view.