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Rațiune, imaginație, halucinație la Pavel Vejinov
Reason, Imagination, Hallucination in Pavel Vejino’s Novels

Author(s): Carmen Dărăbuş
Subject(s): Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Contemporary Bulgarian Literature; Fantastic Literature;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the micro-novles The Barrier and White Lizard by Pavel Vejinov, Bulgarian Writer from 20th century, which transcends the commun features of science-fiction writing towards the meaning of human condition. Composer Manev (the relation of reason with art) and the researcher Aleksov (the relation of reason with science) are absorbed by their work, so they lose the way of the natural rhythm of life. Manev will involve intensely in Doroteea’s life, a strange young girl; he will let himself be trained in the way she sees life. Aleksev will help create a monster, devoid of empathy, totally insensitive. They both overcomes barriers and the only solution its death: Doroteea and Nesi commit suicide.

  • Issue Year: LV/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 36-47
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian