Christianity and Totalitarianism in Ana Blandiana’s and Teodora Dimova’s fiction Cover Image

Християнството и тоталитаризмът в белетристиката на Ана Бландиана и Теодора Димова
Christianity and Totalitarianism in Ana Blandiana’s and Teodora Dimova’s fiction

Author(s): Ludmila Mindova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Psychology, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, Comparative Linguistics, Bulgarian Literature, Romanian Literature, Book-Review
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Christianity; totalitarianism; antitotalitarian literature; comparative literature; Balkan studies; existential psychotherapy

Summary/Abstract: The article compares two fiction books by the Romanian author Ana Blandiana and fellow Bulgarian writer Teodora Dimova. As the analysis reveals the books share a lot of similarities in their approach to the “totalitarian experience”. In these literary works, we can see how through the child’s viewpoint the two female writers show different solutions in times of crises and harrowing circumstances. In summary, Blandiana and Dimova demonstrate in a brilliant aesthetic way the endless possibilities of literature to find salvation even in tragic accidents, and an exit from exile.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-51
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian