Философската разлика във възгледите за смисъла на Русалските лекувания в Спасова могила (Елин Пелин) и Русалска нощ (Йордан Йовков)
The Philosophical Difference in the Meaning of Healing by Water Nymphs in Spas’s Hill (Elin Pelin) and Night of the Rusalka (Yordan Yovkov)

Summary/Abstract: There is an authentic, intense, indomitable power in Bulgarian mythology, folk legends and storytelling. I believe it springs from the might of an ultimate human will – the will for freedom, love, hope and life. In this essay, I attempt to present some basic philosophical attitudes and presuppositions about the meaning of hope hidden deep in the mythopoetical thought of two of the most influential Bulgarian masters of the short story. Comparing two famous short stories – one by Elin Pelin (Елин Пелин) and the other by Iordan Iovkov (Йордан Йовков) – I discern in them two basic understandings and attitudes regarding hope and the creation of hope. I call the first attitude „understanding hope as ‘hope-with-faith’“ and the second – „battle for hope as ‘hope-withoutfaith’“.

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