UNVEILING THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SOMATIC IMAGERY IN THE EARLY POETRY OF PEYO YAVOROV Cover Image

КЪМ КОНЦЕПТУАЛИЗАЦИЯТА НА СОМАТИЧНАТА ОБРАЗНОСТ В РАННАТА ЛИРИКА НА П. ЯВОРОВ
UNVEILING THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SOMATIC IMAGERY IN THE EARLY POETRY OF PEYO YAVOROV

Author(s): Biserka Stoimenova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Bulgarian Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Peyo Yavorov; intertextuality; early poetry; somatic code; Hristo Botev

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the manifestation of somatic figurative language in the early poems of Peyo Yavorov. The observations delineate the paradigmatic projection of the “uses” of the corporeal, as manifested in the following variations: the wounded and torn body, the desiccated (squeezed, burning) body, the debilitated (withering-weakeningsmoldering) body, the sick body, the dead (disappearing-ghostly) body. The article examines the conceptualization of the somatic code in Yavorov’s early works through an intertextual dialogue with Hristo Botev’s poetry, revealing the assimilation, transfer, and transformation of its enduring images. By tracing the movements among different modes of bodily expressions, the study aims to systematize conclusions regarding the diminished intensity of images of the wounded-torn body and the increased prevalence of imagery related to illness, decay, and subtle withering.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 245-253
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian