关键词: 约卡伊·莫尔, 民族主义, 19世纪文学, 东西比较, 色情乌托邦, 生态乌托邦

Abstract: The paper analyzes The Novel of the Next Century by Mór Jókai, a major Hungarian novelist in the 19th century, from the viewpoint of the local cultural aspects of the complex utopian discourse. The whole novel describes a future struggle which results in perfect and globally united society. Two different small-scale utopias are embedded in the novelistic narrative. The European utopia Otthon shows traits of a national capitalist dream. The Central Asian utopia Kin-Tseu is first presented from the perspective of Chinese historical sources in a form similar to a colonialist pornotopia. Then an omniscient narrator proves that the Chinese image of Kin-Tseu is false, and presents as it “really” is. This latter utopia solicits an ecocritical reading, since its basic problem, i.e., the sustainability of a growing population in closed environment, is crucial for current ecocriticism. The experimentation with various (including western and eastern) utopian traditions makes Jókai's novel a unique read. For the sake of East-West comparison, the paper takes into consideration Jókai's other utopias, as well as the sources of his knowledge of Chinese culture.

Key words: Mór Jókai, nationalism, nineteenth-century literature, East-West compari￣son, pornotopia, ecotopia