The Narratology Research Group (Narratológiai Kutatócsoport) at the University of Pécs is quite a unique place in this field in Hungary. Institutionally, since its establishment by Professor Beáta Thomka in 1996, the Research Group is part of the Doctoral School of Literature at the University of Pécs. The Group functions as a loose association of scholars and has opened up to young researchers interested in narrative studies.

Polish narratological research is currently developing in two directions. On the one hand, a substantial effort is being undertaken in order to acquaint the general academic community with the rich and interesting tradition of Polish narratology, which, for linguistic and historical reasons, remains largely unknown outside Poland. On the other hand, a variety of new narratologist approaches are being explored so that original methods are applied to narrative texts while at the same time an increasing number of phenomena are treated as narratives.