In Hungarian literature, which collection of elegiac verses by Dezső Kosztolányi reflects on childhood, mortality, and existential anxiety through the persona of a sensitive boy?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. A szegény kisgyermek panaszai
- Step 1: Dezső Kosztolányi published A szegény kisgyermek panaszai (Complaints of a Poor Little Child) in 1910, capturing impressionistic childhood impressions and early fear of death. Answer: A szegény kisgyermek panaszai. Why not the others: A bús férfi panaszai was a later cycle from adult perspective, and Számadás (1935) contains late existential poems like Halotti beszéd.
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