Obraz wojny i żołnierzy bułgarskich w komedii Żołnierz i bohater George’a Bernarda Shawa
How war and Bulgarian soldiers are portrayed in George Bernard Shaw’s comedy Arms and the man

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, creators of culture often acted as opinion-makers on current events. One of them was the prominent British intellectual George Bernard Shaw, who approached the subject of the Balkan Wars in his work. The aim of the article is to present the relationship between Shaw’s anti-war comedy Arms and the man and the image of Bulgarian soldiers created on the basis of the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913 appearing in the press coverage from the era. It also touches the matter of depicting the realities of war as well as the heroism of officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

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