margójára
Margójára is a Hungarian term used in literary criticism and cultural analysis to denote material, practices, or discourses that arise at the margins of the mainstream. The word combines margó, meaning margin, with the directional suffix -jára, indicating movement toward or placement at the edge. In usage, margójára refers to writing, art, or social phenomena that exist outside or beside established centers of power, canons, or influence, yet nonetheless interact with them.
Etymology and usage: The term is not part of standard dictionaries but appears in contemporary Hungarian scholarly
Context and interpretation: Margójára emphasizes how peripheral works influence, reinterpret, or resist central narratives. It can
See also: marginalia; marginal literature; fringe; border culture; peripheralization.