Psychosociology of the Crime in Anton Strashimirov’s Novel 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑏𝑦𝑠𝑠 Cover Image

Психосоциология на престъплението в романа „Пропаст“ от Антон Страшимиров
Psychosociology of the Crime in Anton Strashimirov’s Novel 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑏𝑦𝑠𝑠

Author(s): Iliyana Dimitrova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Anton Strashimirov; crime; evil; national character; war

Summary/Abstract: In his last novel, “The abyss. From the Notes of a Doctor” (1936) Anton Strashimirov continues to show interest in the collective stereotypes and the social preconditions that shape a person’s behavior and emotional attitudes towards the world around him/her. With its polyphony of human voices and interpretations, the work under comment intersects different, even incompatible, individual interpretations of essential aspects of existence, seeking answers to questions related to the boundaries between good and evil, freedom and coercion, sin and crime.

  • Issue Year: 42/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-23
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Bulgarian