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Изборът да бъдеш Ахасфер (Две източни пиеси на Борис Априлов)
The Choice Of Being Ahasfer (Two Eastern plays by Boris Aprilov)

Author(s): Vihren Chernokozhev
Subject(s): Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Boris Aprilov; theater; irony; resistance

Summary/Abstract: The subject-matter of the paper is connected with the name of the writer Boris Aprilov whose works and fate have been aesthetisized through the prism of the eternal motif of the wandering Jew. The choice of being Ahasfer - the person condemned to eternal wanderings, uncomprehended, far away from his homeland, is a self-induced choice. The text is not limited to the historical and biographical facts connected with Aprilov but interprets two of his “Eastern” plays: The One Thousand and the Second and the comedy The King’s New Clothes. The paper reveals new information about Aprilov’s works, the relations among writers, actors, playwrights and the first steps of the Satirical Theatre, blessed by the Starshel newspaper.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 114-122
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian