Back to the Socialist Past: An Attempt to Outline a Trend in the Modern Bulgarian Novel Cover Image

Завръщане в социалистическото минало. Опит за очертаване на една тенденция в новия български роман
Back to the Socialist Past: An Attempt to Outline a Trend in the Modern Bulgarian Novel

Author(s): Mihaela Ilieva
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Novel, Bulgarian Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: modern Bulgarian novel; trend; socialist past

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines one of the most popular topics in the Bulgarian novel over the last 20 years – the past of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria. The text also traces the decades that writers prefer to choose as the background of their plot, and discusses what is the value of the historical period and how authors “return” to it – through the autobiographical or by choosing a specific historical event.

  • Issue Year: 8/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 93-99
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English, Bulgarian