Езици на смъртта. Опити с текстове съвременната българска и словашка литература
Languages of Death. Attempts at Texts from Contemporary Bulgarian and Slovak Literature

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the limits and possibilities of speaking about death, starting from the premise that death resists full linguistic representation and leads discourse into aporia. While death itself cannot be adequately articulated, it manifests through multiple “languages,” among which medical terminology plays a central role, especially at moments of emotional overload when personal expression collapses. The study examines how, in such moments, language becomes depersonalized and “sterilized,” yet paradoxically intensifies the experience of loss through the contrast between intimate suffering and clinical description. The analysis focuses on three contemporary literary works: Georgi Gospodinov’s Death and the Gardener, Ján Rozner’s Seven Days to the Funeral, and Mária Ferenčuhová’s poetry collection Immunity. Despite their generic differences, all texts share strong autobiographical elements and exhibit a blending of genres, reflecting broader post-2000 literary trends toward autofiction and personal narrative in both Bulgarian and Slovak literature.

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