Border conflicts

Notes on the Theory of Literary Sociography

Abstract

“Sociographers are connected not merely by an awareness of crisis, but by a sense of movement, which responds to the crisis by prompting transformative action. Sociographical discourse is as much literature of crisis as it is literature of activism.”

In his study, András Borbély seeks to map the field of literary sociography, defining the genre of literary reportage at the intersection of literature and journalism, where sociological, journalistic, and literary codes intermingle.