Иван Грозев в българската литературна история и критика през последните 30 години (1990–2020)
Ivan Grozev in Bulgarian Literature and Criticism During the last 30 years (1990‒2020)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the literary criticism of the work of Ivan Grozev in the period 1990–2020. There is a hesitant attitude towards the writer – on one hand of perception and affirmation as a major figure in Bulgarian modernism of the first half of the twentieth century, and on the other hand – neglected, omitted and underestimated. The studied critical materials are oriented in three directions. The first is research that tries to present Grozev’s place in literary history and the literary process, literary analyzes of specific works. Other works ignore or make little mention of the writer’s place, but offer a rich analytical mechanism for understanding his works. A third group describes collections and reference editions that offer Grozev’s work to the reader. Studies of Sv. Igov, Iv. Teofilov, T. Ichevska, V. Ruseva, Tsv. Georgieva, Y. Eftimov, Ev. Dzhevietska, St. Stoycheva, V. Doneva, M. Kirova and others are examined. The main conclusion is that the reasons for neglecting Ivan Grozev are more non-literary – these are the long period of silence of Grozev’s work (almost 30 years), the time of reception of the texts, as well as the ingrained notion that Bulgarians prefer patriotic rather than religious -mystical. Thus the critique of Grozev becomes a critique of the place of the mystical in Bulgarian literature.

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