(САМО) ЖЕРТВЕНОСТ И НАСИЛИЕ: ОБРАЗЪТ НА КРЪВТА ВЕДНОИМЕННИЯ РОМАН НА К. КОНСТАНТИНОВ
(SELF-)SACRIFICE AND VIOLENCE: THE IMAGE OF BLOOD IN K. KONSTANTINOV’S EPONYMOUS NOVEL

Summary/Abstract: The focus of our attention in this study is on the ways the image of the blood functions in Konstantin Konstantinov’s novel Blood („Кръв“). On the one hand, we will examine the plots in which the image is integrated, and on the other, we will demonstrate the specific way in which the blood as a symbol participates in the novel’s messages to the reader. There are four basic functions of the image of blood which are identified in this paper: 1) as a sign of extreme feelings and emotions; 2) as a marker of a person’s life power; 3) as a symbol of the special bond between characters; 4) as a part of the idea of the bloodshed during the 1920s in Bulgaria.

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