Visszaemlékezési

Visszaemlékezési is an adjectival form derived from the noun visszaemlékezés, meaning recollection or reminiscence. In Hungarian scholarly and critical usage, visszaemlékezési describes elements that relate to memory recall, especially within narrative structures. It is commonly employed in literary and film criticism to designate devices, scenes, or techniques that are framed as memories.

Etymology and formation: the word combines the prefix vissza- (back, again) with emlékezés (memory, recollection) and the suffix -i, which creates adjectives. This structure allows it to modify nouns such as jelenet (scene), motívum (motif), narratíva (narrative), or technika (technique), signaling a relation to recollection rather than to a strictly present, real-time progression.

Usage and context: visszaemlékezési elements appear in analyses of how memory shapes storytelling. They are frequently contrasted with linear or chronological narration and discussed in terms of narrative reliability, subjectivity, and identity formation. The concept is common in discussions of memoirs, novels, and cinema where past events are accessed via recollection, flashbacks, or memory-driven motifs. While rooted in literary theory, the term also informs interdisciplinary studies of memory and narrative.

Relationship to other terms: the concept is related to emlékezet (memory) and visszaemlékezés (recollection). It is distinct from clinical psychology terminology, being primarily a descriptive resource in literary and film criticism. See also emlékezet, visszaemlékezés, flashback, narratív technika.