”Of all diversions of life there is none so proper to fill up it’s empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors”People do not like reading
People prefer television instead of reading
The aim:
Method: -reports
-meetings
-competitions
—›
BUT
1970-80s: the height of reading
Relapsing
In the last 4 decades the number of
non-readers increased (40% —› 60%)
In need of assistance: -contemporary literature
In need of more attention: -young people
Reasons: -home
-political
-social
2000: the deepest point
2005: qualitative change in reading
1985
Jókai28%
Szilvási17%Berkesi
14%
Mikszáth11%
Gárdonyi6%
Moldova5%
Petőfi4%
Dumas4%Merle
4%
Móricz7%
2000
Cook12%
Moldova11%
Steel10%
Mikszáth9%
Szilvási8%
Berkesi5%
Gárdonyi6%Lőrincz
6%Petőfi
7%
Jókai26%
2005
Lőricz7%
Petőfi7%
Szabó6%
Gárdonyi6%
Steel6%
Jókai33%
Mikszáth10%Móricz
9%
Moldova9%
Rejtő7%
THE WINNER
BOOK
1.)
2.)
3.)
Every native and foreign books
More than one vote could also be accepted
TOP100
TOP12Only one vote from
one person
The greatest number of votes
Why Egri csillagok was the winner book?
School compulsory reading
↓Everybody read it
↓It is well-known
1984A Gyűrűk UraA kis hercegA Mester és MargaritaA Pál utcai fiúkAbigélAz arany emberEgri csillagokHarry Potter és a bölcsek köveMicimackóSzáz év magányTüskevár
George OrwellJohn Ronald Reuel TolkienAntoine de Saint-ExupéryMihail Afanaszjevics BulgakovMolnár FerencSzabó MagdaJókai MórGárdonyi GézaJoanne Kathleen RowlingAlan Alexander MilneGabriel García MárquezFekete István
More books were soldMore people went to librariesMore people readReading became popular and fashionable again
Professional librarian day in Szeged
Announcing the winner bookWell-known people discussing the books
Broadcast on television M1
Bibliography: www.anagykony.hu www.neabigread.com
Magyar Tudomány 2006/9
Written by Perler Aliz