ИВАН ЧУЧУЛИГАТА – ИСТОРИОПИСНИ ЩРИХИ ВЪРХУ ЛЮБЕН-КАРАВЕЛОВАТА ПОВЕСТ „ПРОГРЕСИСТ“
IVAN CHUCHULIGATA – HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TOUCHES TO LYUBENKARAVELOV’S NOVELETTE „PROGRESSIVE“

Summary/Abstract: The article interprets a little-known literary work by Lyuben Karavelov - the novelette "Progressive". It was written in 1875 and the prototype of the main character is the Revival activist Ivan Kasabov. The relations between Lyuben Karavelov and Ivan Kasabov until 1875 are described in the context of the political movements of the Bulgarian emigration against the Ottoman rule. The motives for the creation of the sharp satire against Ivan Kasabov have been systematized. The main plot lines of the work are also highlighted. The circumstances surrounding the marginalization of the novelette are indicated. Ivan Kasabov's biography after 1878 is briefly traced, showing the unfoundedness of Karavelov's assessment of his friend from the time of their work together. The article does not exaggerate the role of literary narratives in assessing historical circumstances, but through the fictional text it adds new touches to the image of two of the most famous political functionaries of the Bulgarian Revival epoch.

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