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Архетипът на героя в романа „Тютюн“ на Димитър Димов
The Archetype of the Hero in the Novel “Tobacco” by Dimitar Dimov

Author(s): Juliana Stoyanova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Dimitar Dimov’s novel “Tobacco”; Jung’s Archetypes of the collective unconscious; the Archetype of the Hero; the Hero-features of Pavel; Lila and Dinko

Summary/Abstract: The article examines three of the characters (Pavel, Lila and Dinko) in Dimitar Dimov’s novel “Tobacco” (first and second versions) as embodiments of Jung’ Hero archetype. The interpretation of these images from the perspective of the Archetype of the Hero gives us the opportunity to analyze in detail the specifics of each of them as well as their common (mythological) basis, which Dimov, in response to the spirit of his time, travested socio-politically: through their connection with communist ideology.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 231-253
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bulgarian