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EGER JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES VOLUME XIV. 2014 EDITOR: ANDRÁS TARNÓC EDITOR EMERITUS: LEHEL VADON DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN STUDIES ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY COLLEGE EGER Readers (Szakmai lektorok) Szathmári Judit (Debrecen University) Peterecz Zoltán (Eszterházy Károly College) Native language reader (Anyanyelvi lektor) Jack Judson (Oxford Language School) ISSN 1786-2337 HU ISSN 1786-2337 COPYRIGHT © BY EJAS All rights reserved A kiadásért felelős az Eszterházy Károly Főiskola rektora Megjelent az EKF Líceum Kiadó gondozásában Igazgató: Kis-Tóth Lajos Felelős szerkesztő: Zimányi Árpád Műszaki szerkesztő: Nagy Sándorné CONTENTS ______________________________________________________ EJAS ESSAYS Contributors ................................................................................................ 5 A note from the editor ................................................................................ 7 Tibor Frank The America of World’s Fairs and Expositions Through Hungarian Eyes 1876–1939 ............................................................................. 9 Péter Gaál-Szabó “Mold[ing] people of all colors into one vast family:” Malcolm X and Interculturation ................................................... 29 Jack Judson Lincoln: An Alternative View .................................................................. 41 Dr. Shaju Nalkara Ouseph–Dr. Ghurmallh Al Ghamdi Changing Roles of the Translator as Reflected in the Post-modern Discourse on Translation .............................................................. 55 Zoltán Peterecz American Exceptionalism in Presidential Rhetoric ................................. 67 András Tarnóc The Narrative of James Albert Gronniosaw: A Study in Reverse Acculturation ................................................................................ 91 Zoltán Vajda Sentimental Ambiguities and the American Founding: The Double Origins of Political Sympathy in The Federalist Papers ............ 103 Renáta Zsámba Transforming the American Hard-Boiled Hero: Linda, the Tough Female Sleuth in Socialist Hungary ................................ 127 3 BOOK REVIEWS Zoltán Peterecz “Staying away from Europe by Playing Its Rules of Conduct” Eliga H. Gould: Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012, 344 pp. ............................................... 139 András Tarnóc "Voices from Sorrow’s Kitchen" Péter-Gaál Szabó: “Ah done been tuh de horizon and back” Zora Neale Hurston’s Cultural Spaces in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jonah’s Gourd Vine. Peter Lang GmbH 2011, 134 pp. ................................................................. 145 4 CONTRIBUTORS Tibor Frank, Professor at the Department of American Studies, Eötvös Lóránd University, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Péter, Gaál-Szabó, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Debrecen Reformed Theological University Ghurmallh Al Ghamdi, Professor, Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Jack Judson, language teacher, Oxford Language School, Eger, Hungary (previously adjunct professor of College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn Illinois, USA) Zoltán Peterecz, Associate Professor of the Department at American Studies, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary Shajou Nalkara Ouseph, Professor, Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia András Tarnóc, Associate Professor at the Department of American Studies, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary Zoltán Vajda, Associate Professor at the Department of American Studies, Szeged University, Hungary Renáta Zsámba, Assistant Professor at the Department of American Studies, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary 5 A note from the editor The Eger Journal of American Studies was established in 1990. Since its very inception it has reflected its founder and editor Lehel Vadon’s dedication and commitment to this discipline. Throughout this virtual quarter century the Journal became an important scholarly forum covering a wide academic panorama spanning over history, literature, civilization, bibliographic and cultural studies by leading scholars of American Studies both at home and abroad. Along with regularly published volumes containing a broad selection of treatises thematic issues were dedicated to William Faulkner (Vol. IV) and Canadian Studies (Vol. X) respectively. In addition to sharing the latest research results both domestically and internationally, the Journal functioned as a chronicler of the life of the American Studies community in Hungary. Accordingly special tributary volumes were published for the 70th birthdays of Prof. Zoltán Abádi-Nagy (Vol. XI–XII) and Prof. Zsolt Virágos (Vol. XIII) along with commemorating the passing of such leading Americanists as Professor Péter Egri (Vol. VIII) and Professor Sarolta Kretzoi (IX) respectively. Although our fast paced world is characterized by constant change, the Journal will not abandon the path blazed by its founder. Consequently, while taking the steadily widening scope of the discipline into consideration the Journal continues to accept all manuscripts related to any aspect of American culture. Accordingly, the Department of American Studies at Eszterházy Károly College welcomes original articles, essays, and book reviews in English by scholars in Hungary and abroad. Manuscripts should be sent to the editor of the Eger Journal of American Studies, Eszterházy Károly Főiskola, Amerikanisztika Tanszék, Eger, Egészségház u. 4, 3300, Hungary and should conform to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook in all matters of style. All manuscripts should be sent to [email protected]. 7 Treading upon the established path the present issue continues to offer a wide selection of scholarly essays covering history, Hungarian– American connections, literature, translation studies, and media studies. Tibor Frank explores Hungarian travelogues born between the post-Civil War era and the beginning of World War Two. Péter Gaál-Szabó investigates the broadening of Malcolm X’s personal and political perspective following his pilgrimage to Mecca, while Jack Judson presents a thought-provoking and critical evaluation of the image of Abraham Lincoln. Zoltán Peterecz retraces the lasting influence of exceptionalism as reflected in presidential speeches, and Shaju Nalkara Ouseph with Ghurmallh Al Ghamdi discuss the challenges arising during the translation process. András Tarnóc via taking a look at one of the early examples of the slave narrative expounds upon the impact of acquiring literacy and Zoltán Vajda identifies the concept of sympathy as one of the formative influences on the Federalist Papers and on the political life of the Early Republic. Finally, last, but not least Renáta Zsámba draws a parallel between the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction and the Linda detective series running on Hungarian television in the late 1980s. The book review section contains entries by Zoltán Peterecz and András Tarnóc offering a critique of the latest works of Eliga Gould and Péter Gaál-Szabó respectively. It is a tremendous honor and privilege to carry on editor emeritus Lehel Vadon’s mission as the Eger Journal of American Studies continues to strive for being a significant scholarly forum serving the American Studies community in Hungary and worldwide. András Tarnóc 8 ESSAYS ______________________________________________________ EJAS The America of World’s Fairs and Expositions Through Hungarian Eyes 1876–1939 Tibor Frank Even today, America is known to many only from travel books, and this was particularly the case in the past. A travel book is a store of experiences, a source of information, which offers an opportunity of comparing foreign lands with what we have in our own country; a chance to self-reflect as a nation.1 Travel books were very much in vogue world- wide; in particular, in the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries when travel opportunities were limited. This was especially true of distant lands such as the United States, which a surprisingly large number of Hungarian travelogues were written about already in the 19th century.2 1 Tibor Frank: “‘Through the Looking Glass’: A Century of Self-Reflecting Hungarian Images of the United States (1834–1941).” Lehel Vadon (ed.), Multicultural Challenge in American Culture—Hemingway Centennial (Eger: Eszterházy Károly Teacher Training College, 1999a), 21–36. 2 Cf. András Vári: „Fenyegetések földje. Amerika a 19. század második felében— magyar szemmel” [Land of Threats. America in the Second Half of the 19th Century— Through Hungarian Eyes], Korall 7, 26. November 2006, 153–184; Tibor Glant, „Magyar nyelvű amerikai utazási irodalom a XIX. század második felében: bibliográfiai áttekintés.” [19th Century American Travelogues in Hungarian: A Bibliographical Survey]. In: Zoltán Abádi Nagy–Judit Ágnes Kádár–András Tarnóc (eds): A szavak szépsége, avagy a bibliográfus igazsága. Tisztelgés Vadon Lehel 70. születésnapján [The Beauty of Words or, the Justice of the Bibliographer. Honoring Lehel Vadon on His 70th Birthday] (Eger: Eszterházy Károly Főiskola, 2012), 630. 9 Aurél Kecskeméthy at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 The first official world exhibition took place in America in the city of Philadelphia in 1876 which was held in honor of the centenary of the independence of the United States. Aurél Kecskeméthy travelled to this event on behalf of the “High Ministry” in order “to make