Partisan Memoir Writing in Bulgaria: Establishing a (Meta)Genre, 1940s‒1950s
Partisan Memoir Writing in Bulgaria: Establishing a (Meta)Genre, 1940s‒1950s
Author(s): Milena AngelovaSubject(s): History, Oral history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Фондация за хуманитарни и социални изследвания - София
Keywords: communist regime; Bulgaria; partisans; memoirs; propaganda; meta-genre; historiography; literature
Summary/Abstract: This article explores the genesis of partisan memoir writing in Bulgaria during the first decade after the coup of 9 September 1944. It examines the role of these memoirs in reinforcing the official narratives of the post-war communist regime, as well as their function in providing historical validity to its propaganda messages. Almost immediately after the coup, memoirs reflecting on the “anti-fascist struggle” began to be published, quickly becoming a major form of historiographical reflection. Partisan memoirs not only filled the literary field but also became a key resource for a prescribed post-1944 historiographical discourse. The article presents the mechanisms behind the construction of the “partisan memoir” as a meta-genre positioned between historiography and literature within the context of the complex ideological politics of the period.
Journal: Критика и хуманизъм
- Issue Year: 2/2024
- Issue No: 61
- Page Range: 99-114
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
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