Symmetrical Structures of Ivaylo Petrov’s Works: “Ground Swell”, “Before I Was Born and after My Death” and “A Hunt for Wolves” Cover Image
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Симетрични структури на произведенията на Ивайло Петров: „Мъртво вълнение“, „Преди да се родя и след смъртта ми“ и „Хайка за вълци“
Symmetrical Structures of Ivaylo Petrov’s Works: “Ground Swell”, “Before I Was Born and after My Death” and “A Hunt for Wolves”

Author(s): Zhan Yanyi
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Bulgarian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Ivaylo Petrov; binary parallel structure; “mirror composition”; centripetal and symmetrical structure

Summary/Abstract: The text examines three works of Ivaylo Petrov – “Ground Swell”, “Before I was Born and After My Death”, “A Hunt for Wolves” – and their different innovative narrative structures, perspectives and narrative styles. The article presents a structuralist view and shows the process of symmetrical perfection of their narrative structures in the period from the 1960s to the 1980s.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 206-216
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian