Reception of Scandinavian Literature in Bulgaria. Selma Lagerlöf and Her Children’s Book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Cover Image

Рецепция на скандинавската литература в България. Селма Лагерльоф и книгата ѝ за деца „Чудното пътуване на Нилс Холгерсон през Швеция“
Reception of Scandinavian Literature in Bulgaria. Selma Lagerlöf and Her Children’s Book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Author(s): Tsveta Bilyarska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: translation; Scandinavian literature; Selma Lagerlöf; translation techniques; ideology

Summary/Abstract: The present article provides a brief overview of the reception of Scandinavian literature in Bulgaria and focuses mainly on the Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf and her book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Its aim is to analyze the first and only Bulgarian translation of this children’s classic and to provide general information about all its Bulgarian editions. The article describes also different translation techniques and examines the role of ideology in translation in the light of the reception of famous Nordic authors in Bulgaria.

  • Issue Year: 13/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 293-305
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian