ПОСТМОДЕРНИЯТ РОМАН НА КРАСИМИР ДИМОВСКИ „ТЕЗЕЯТ В СВОЯ ЛАБИРИНТ“ И ИЗПИТАНИЯТА НА САМОСЪЗНАНИЕТО – ЕЗИК, МУЗИКА, МЪЛЧАНИЕ
THE POSTMODERN NOVEL BY KRASIMIR DIMOVSKI “THESEUS IN HIS LABYRINTH” AND THE ORDEALS OF SELF-AWARENESS: LANGUAGE, MUSIC, SILENCE

Summary/Abstract: Krassimir Dimovski’s novel presents yet another challenge to the genre conventions, stereotypes, and prevailing trends in Bulgarian literature of the 21st century. In fierce competition with the other nominees, the book was awarded the “13 Centuries of Bulgaria” Prize for Novel of the Year, reaffirming the vitality and significance of the postmodern novel. It constructs a labyrinth of meanings— not merely employing diverse narratives, but interrogating the very nature of narrative itself: its encoded meanings and its provocative engagement with themes of truth, identity, choice, and language. The author draws on key postmodern techniques such as self-reflexivity, heteroglossia, intertextuality, linguistic play, and metafiction. The title itself alludes to the myth of Theseus, demythologized into the figure of an ordinary, uncertain, confused, and eccentric man – a deliberate subversion of heteronormative masculinity. The narrative unfolds in a fragmented, decentered fashion, as a sequence of plots, dialogues, and repetitions, enriched by intertextual references to literary and philosophical texts, mythology, and biblical symbolism. The journey through the labyrinth becomes a trial of self-awareness – a search for meaning in language, in “lexical exhibitionism,” in music, and in silence. Ultimately, the novel culminates in a postmodern meditation on the human soul, the cosmic spirit, and the invisible threads of love and suffering. Theseus does not escape the labyrinth – he embraces it. And in that acceptance lies the novel’s deepest mystery: that meaning is not found in triumph, but in the ongoing trial of self awareness, which senses that there is no truth – only the path, silence, and humility.

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