Ethnic construction and journalistic narrative [Elektronische Ressource] : a discourse analysis of selected Hungarian and Romanian newspapers in the light of the Hungarian status law / vorgelegt von Mihai-Paul Márton

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Ethnic Construction and Journalistic Narrative. A Discourse Analysis of Selected Hungarian and Romanian Newspapers in the Light of the Hungarian Status Law. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde durch den Promotionsausschuss Dr. phil. der Universität Bremen Vorgelegt von Mihai-Paul Márton Bremen, den 18.12.2007 1 To my grandparents and Mihaela Meinen Großeltern und Mihaela Nagyszüleimnek és Mihaela-nak 2 %XQLFLORUPHL?L0LKDHOHLContents: 0. Preliminary remarks and acknowledgements 10 1. Theoretical and methodological framework 18 1.1 Analysing the discourse 18 1.1.1 General overview 18 1.1.2 Dialogic relationships22 1.1.3 Narration 25 1.2 Ethnicity 27 1.2.1 Definitions and theoretical background 1.2.2 Denotingand power 30 2. Context 33 2.1 Historic background or political battleground: Hungarians in Romania 34 2.1.1 The Romanian historic narrative 37 2.1.2 The Hungarian historic narrative 38 2.1.3 After 1989/1990 39 2.2 The Hungarian Status Law 42 3. Methods 46 3.1 Newspaper analysis 52 3.1.1 Criteria for the newspapers 53 3.1.2 Introducing the newspapers 56 3.1.2.1 57 3.1.2.2 Magyar Hírlap 58 3.1.2.3 Népszabadság 3.1.2.4 59 3.1.3 Analysing the articles 60 3.1.3.1 Ethnic denotations62 3.1.3.2 Motifs 63 3.1.3.2.1 Europe 3.1.3.2.2 Comparison 64 3.1.3.2.3 Discrimination 3.1.3.2.4 NATO 64 3.1.3.2.5 History 65 3.1.3.2.6 Legal aspects 3.2 Interviews 66 3.2.

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• Publié par: universitat_bremen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 412
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Journalistic Narrative. Ethnic Construction and A Discourse Analysis of Selected Hungarian and Romanian
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Contents: 0. Preliminary remarks and acknowledgements
1. Theoretical and methodological framework
1.1 1.1.1 GeAnalneryasinl govervie the discouw rse
lationshipsreic 1.1.2 Dialogrration 1.1.3 Na y1.2 Ethnicit1.2.1 Definitions and theoretical background
1.2.2 Denoting and power
2. Context2.1 Historic background or political battleground:
rians in RomaniaHunga2.1.1 The Romanian historic narrative
2.1.2 The Hungarian historic narrative
1989/19902.1.3 After 2.2 The Hungarian Status Law
3. Methods 3.1 Newspaper analysis
3.1.1 Criteria for the newspapers
3.1.2 Introducing the newspapers
57 YăUXO$GH3.1.2.1 3.1.2.2 Magyar Hírlap
g abadsápsz3.1.2.3 Né3.1.2.4 5RPkQLD/LEHUă 59
3.1.3 Analysing the articles
denotations3.1.3.1 Ethnic 3.1.3.2 Motifs 3.1.3.2.1 Europe 3.1.3.2.2 Comparison imination3.1.3.2.3 Discr 3.1.3.2.4 NATO y3.1.3.2.5 Histor3.2 I3.1.3.2.6 Lentegal rviewsaspects
3.2.1 Criteria for the journalists
3.2.2 Interviewing method
4. Re4.1 Diachronic sults analysis
4.1.1 The Hungarian articles
denotations4.1.1.1 Ethnic 4.1.1.1.1 General features
4.1.1.1.2 Denotations regarding only Romania and Transylvania
4.1.1.2 Motifs 4.1.1.2.1 Europe 4.1.1.2.2 Comparison imination4.1.1.2.3 Discr 4.1.1.2.4 NATO4.1.1.2.6 L4.1.1.2.5 Historegal y aspects
The Romanian articles4.1.2

10 18 18 18 22 25 27 27 30 33 34 37 38 39 42 46 52 53 56 58 58 60 62 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 66 66 69 71 71 72 72 73 83 89 89 92 96 99 102 105 108 3

denotations4.1.2.1 Ethnic 4.1.2.1.1 General characteristics
4.1.2.1.2 Denotations regarding only Romania and Transylvania
4.1.2.2 Motifs 4.1.2.2.1 Europe 4.1.2.2.2 Comparison imination4.1.2.2.3 Discr 4.1.2.2.4 NATO y4.1.2.2.5 Histor aspectsgal e4.1.2.2.6 L4.1.3 Summarising the diachronic analysis
denotations4.1.3.1 Ethnic 4.1.3.2 Motifs 4.2 Synchronic analysis
128 YăUXO$$GH4.2.1 24.12.2001 4.2.1.1 A 4.2.2 Magyar Hírlap (MH)
24.12.2001 4.2.2.1 MH 24.12.2001a4.2.2.2 MH 27.12.2001 4.2.2.3 MH 29.12.2001 4.2.2.4 MH 30.12.2001 4.2.2.5 MH 02.01.2002 4.2.2.6 MH 4.2.3 Népszabadság (NSZ)
4.2.3.1 NSZ4.2.3.2 NSZ 22.12.200122.12.2001a
24.12.2001 4.2.3.3 NSZ4.2.3.5 NSZ4.2.3.4 NSZ 27.12.200124.12.2001a
31.12.2001 4.2.3.6 NSZ4.2.4 5RPkQLD/LEHUă5/ 173
27.12.2001 L4.2.4.1 R 07.01.2002 L4.2.4.2 R4.2.5 Summarising the synchronic analysis
rviewsnte4.3 I4.3.1 4.3.1.1 Rodica$GHYăUXO 182 Ciobanu
4.3.2 Magyar Hírlap
4.3.2.1 Tibor Bogdán
Molnár4.3.2.2 Norbert 4.3.2.3 Iván Zsolt Nagy
4.3.3 Né4.3.2.4 Miklós pszabadsáÚjvári g
Kis4.3.3.1 Tibor 4.3.3.2 József Szilvássy
oltán Tibori SzabóZ4.3.3.3 4.3.4 5RPkQLD/LEHUă 199
4.3.5 4.3.4.1 Simona PopescuConclusions from the interviews
5. F5.1 Ethnic inal denotaticonclusionons s
5.1.1 General features

108 109 113 114 114 117 118 119 120 121 123 123 124 128 128 133 133 136 139 144 148 151 155 156 158 161 164 167 170 173 176 178 182 182 184 184 186 189 191 193 193 195 197 199 201 203 203 204 4

210 214 218 220 221 224 228 229 229 232 233 235 238 242 247

5.1.2 Specific Hungarian features 210
5.1.4 5.1.3 Nation and ethnicitSpecific Romanian featury es 218 214
220 5.2 Motifs 5.2.1 Motifs in the Hungarian newspapers 221
5.2.2 5.2.3 Common motifs Motifs in the Romanian newspapers 228 224
5.3 J5.3.1 Comparative ournalistic narranalyativessis 229 229
5.3.2 Individual newspaper analysis 232
232 YăUXO$GH5.3.2.1 5.3.2.2 Magyar Hírlap 233
5.3.2.4 5.3.2.3 Népsz5RPkQLDabadsá/LEHg Uă 237 235
238 remarks 5.4 Closing7. Appendice6. Literature s 242 247
Tables: Table 1: Frequently used abbreviations 7
Table 2: Table 3: RelevaRelevant politicant cities, regl partiesions a nd states 9 8
Table 4: 7UDQV\OYDQLD¶VSROLWLFDODIILOLDWLRQVLQFHWKHIRXQGDWLRQRIWKH
Kingdom of Hungary in 1000 A.D. 36
Table 5: The number of Hungarians (co-HWKQLFVZKROLYHLQ+XQJDU\¶V
40 ent statesadjacTable 7: Table 6: JBournarief lists chronolofrom gy of Magyrelevar ant events Hírlap and the number of articles they 44
published about the Hungarian Status Law 67
Table 8: Journalists from Népszabadság and the number of articles they
published about the Hungarian Status Law 68
Table 9: Period of analysis 72
Table 10: Hungarian denotations, which encompass the Hungarians of
Romania 75 Table 10a: Hungarian denotations, which refer explicitly to Hungarians in
Romania 84 Table 11: Romanian denotations, which encompass the Hungarians of
Romania 110 Table 11a: Romanian denotations, which refer explicitly to Hungarians in
Romania 113 Table 12: Interviewees 182
Table 13: Ethnic denotations by country/language 204
206 l featuresEthnic denotations: GeneraTable 14: Table 15: Ethnic denotations by newspaper 208
221 the motifsComparingTable 16: Table 17: Comparing narrative aspects 230
Maps: Map 1: Hungarians in Central and Eastern Europe 41
Map 2: +XQJDULDQVLQ5RPDQLD¶VFRXQWLHV 45
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Act LXII stof 2001 on Hungarians Living in Neighbouring
247 version, 19.06.2001) Countries (1Memorandum Republic of Hunof garUndeyrs and the tanding betweenGovernment of the GoRomania (ONMvernment of th,e
22.12.2001) 262 Act LXII ndof 2001 on Hungarians Living in Neighbouring
266 3.06.2003) version, 2Countries (2Agreement between the Government of Romania and the
Government of the Republic of Hungary on implementation of the
amended benefit law in Romania (23.09.2003) 282
ExExcerpts from the Huncerpts from the Romanian Constitution garian Constitution 285 286
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synchronic analysis 287

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: Table 1

tion AbbreviaA CE CHN EuropeanEPEU EuropeanH Hungary HTMHKSH ÁÉRT M MagyaMHMP Member NATO NSZ NépszabONM Orbán OSCE RLRO RomanSCG Serbia SlovakiaSK

Frequently used abbreviations

Full name lru$GHYăpe EuroCouncil of1 ionality NatCertificate of HungarianParliament Union Government Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad
eatistics OfficCentral StHungarian Standing Conference
Hírlap rt Parliamenof sation Organintic TreatyNorth Atla gadsá-1ăVWDVH-Memorandum
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
EHUăLD/L5RPkQ iaand Montenegro

1 According to the Orbán-1ăVWDVH-Memorandum the name was changed to Hungarian Certificate. For
reasons of simplicity I shall be always using the abbreviation CHN.

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Table 2: Relevant political parties

Party Official name English translation State Orientation2
FIDESZ Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége <RXQJ'HPRFUDWV¶H Conservative
Union FKGP Független Kisgazdák Pártja IndepeSmallholders Pndent arty H -
MDF Magyar Demokrata Fórum Forum Hungarian Democratic H Conservativeliberal /
MIÉP Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja Life PartyHungaria n Justice and H Nationalistic
MSZP3 Magyar Szocialista Párt PartyHungaria n Socialist H Social Democratic
PCR Partidul Comunist Român PartyRoman ian Communist RO -
PNL 3DUWLGXO1DĠLRQDO/LEHUDO National Liberal Party RO Conservative
PD PRM Partidul Partidul DemocrRomânia at Mare Greater Democratic PartyRomania P arty RO RO LiberalNationalistic
PSD4 Partidul Social Democrat Party Social Democratic RO Social Democratic
SMK / 6WUDQD0DćDUVNH.RDOtFLHHungarian Coalition SK Conservative
PartyMagyar Koálició Párt MKPSZDSZ SzabaSzövetsége d Demokraták DemocratsAlliance of Free H Liberal
UDMR / 8QLXQHD'HPRFUDWă0DJKLDUăDemocratic Alliance of
RMDSZ din România / Romániai Magyar Hungarians in Romania RO Liberal
g éövetsDemokrata Sz

2 Obviously, the estimations of orientation are just tendencies, which are difficult to differentiate. They
should only be used as a rough indicator.
3 Not to be confused with its predecessor, the MSZMP, the Hungarian Socialist Labour Party, that ruled
during the socialist era.
4 )61ZDVWKH3&5¶VVXFFHVVRUDQGODWHUFKDQJHGLWVQDPHWR3'65DQGHYentually to PSD.

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Table 3: Relevant cities, regions and states5
Official Name Romanian Hungarian English6 German7
Alba Iulia - Gyulafeh