IN:\u00a0<\/strong>Partit\u00fara Irodalomtudom\u00e1nyi foly\u00f3irat, Volume XIII. \u00a0, Issue 1, 2018, p. 63-100,\u00a0ISSN 1336-7307<\/p>\n DOI:\u00a0<\/strong>10.17846\/PA.2018.13.1.63-100<\/p>\n Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n My research treats one of the most important works of Hungarian literature in the 20th century, G\u00e9za Ottlik\u2019s novel school at the Frontier (1959). My study has three main aspects: (1) the everyday sight-metaphors and the examination of the textual elements of visual reflexion, (2) the presentation of the role played by the invoked paintings and other graphic images (especially the hidden message of the Las Meninas in relation with the motto from saint Paul), and (3) the analysis of three passages where the narration shows ekphrastical features. Through the arguments of my essay I aim to demonstrate that a visual reading could enrich the traditional interpretations. The school at the Frontier\u2019s \u201escandalous modernity\u201d consists (among others) in the rhythm of its aesthetic and pictorial spheres and in the intense reflections made on the whole novel\u2019s visuality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n