„Кротките“ срещу „Поразените“. Народният съд и паметта на българския постсоциализъм
“The Meek” versus “The Defeated”: The People’s Court and the Memory of Bulgarian Post-socialism

Author(s): Jakub Mikulecký
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Angel Igov; The Meek; Teodora Dimova’s The Defeated; People’s Court; post-socialism; the memory of communism
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with two fictional interpretations of the events related to the People’s Court in Bulgaria (1944–1945) – Angel Igov’s The Meek (2015) and Teodora Dimova’s The Defeated (2019). A parallel reading of these two historical novels allows a special emphasis on their fictional and discursive strategies. The paper also examines the way the two novels function in the context of post-socialist memory in Bulgaria. Do they contribute to a new understanding of the historical events of the (post)war period, and to what extent do they reflect the present and the contemporary ideological narratives?

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