Publisher: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«

Eзикът на Библията. Български синодален превод 1925 г. (Върху материал от Евангелието)

Author(s): Diana Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The history of contemporary printed Bulgarian translations of the Bible is closely related to the history of the Bulgarian literary language, it covers the period of its initial formation (the first decades of the nineteenth century), encompasses its accelerated construction in the third quarter of the nineteenth century, and during the final stage of its formation emerges the full edition of the official Bulgarian version of the Holy Scripture (1871). The problems of literary language construction during its various periods are reflected in the translation of the Bible as well: from P. Sapunov (the first complete translation of the Gospel, 1828) to the full Constantinople edition of the Bible (1871) chronologically passed several decades, but in qualitative terms and in view of the literary-language development, this was a whole epoch. Not only whole generations of authors changed, but also significant changes occurred in the linguistic construction policy and practice, preceded by lively debates among the Bulgarian intellectuals.In this respect the synodical translation of the Bible from 1925 is a valuable source for the history of the Bulgarian literary language, presenting the final stage in the formation of its normative system. As a result of the comparison between the translation of gospel books and the Revival translations, important conclusions are drawn about the qualities of each of them, about the refinement of their lexical and grammatical basis, about the nature of lexical units and synonymy, about tradition and continuity, as well as about the whole development of the literary language in a not so short a period – about a century. Comparison of texts from different chronological layers makes it possible to register and track the dynamics of the normative processes that led to the upgrading aspect of the linguistic standard (by means of intellectualising and forming a system of style formation tools), as a result of which a more complete and generalized image of the linguistic incarnation in the contemporary Bulgarian versions of the "Eternal Book" and the various stylistic transfigurations in them can be compiled.

Studia Iuris

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Bulgaria

Studia Iuris is a specialized e-journal of the Faculty of Law of Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”. The journal encompasses articles of prominent scholars as well as of young research fellows,  doctoral students and students. Content of the journal is divided into categories, covering various aspects of the legal science and jurisprudence. Since its foundation in 2014, Studia Iuris has become one of the leading Bulgarian law e-journals. All articles presented for publication are reviewed by the editorial board.

The editor-in-chief is Prof. Emilia Drumeva, PhD.

Καιρός

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Bulgaria

Καιρός is a specialized electronic journal of the Student Philosophical Seminar at the Chair of Philosophy of the Paissiy Hilednarski University of Plovdiv. It was created by a decision of the Seminar’s founding meeting in 2016.

The journal publishes original texts and translations, written both by established researchers and by undergraduate and doctoral students whose scientific potential has yet to unfold. The journal’s electronic platform offers an opportunity for specialized philosophical publications within the thematic restrictions of the philosophical seminar for the respective year, as well as for literary works of young authors.

The journal appears once a year and is targeted to a wide audience – school and university students, teachers and scientists. It can be of interest also to all those interested in philosophy and the related areas of the humanities.

Авторитетът на смисъла. Теория и интерпретации

Сборник в чест на доц. д-р Атанас Бучков

Author(s): Dimitar Krastev,Cleo Protokhristova,Yana Rowland / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,Russian

The publication of the present Festschrift volume was suggested and initiated by the Department of Bulgarian Literature and Theory of Literature, School of Letters at Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski. It is dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of assoc. prof. Atanas Buchkov, long-term head of the department. This volume includes papers of literary scholars in various areas from Bulgarian and foreign academic centres – Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, The Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, The South-West University Neofit Rilski in Blagoevgrad, Queen Mary University London, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Tver State University Russia. The papers are published in honour of the literary scholar and teacher who merits a place amidst the most prominent representatives of Plovdiv philological community, a person of incontestable contributive influence and renoun in nurturing and solidifying the philological and humanitarian education at Plovdiv University. This Festschrift unites scientific researches devoted to issues representative of prof. Atanas Buchkov’s scholarly interests – the theoretical heritage of M. M. Bakhtin; the dialogic principle of/in literature and culture; author and his aesthetic and social roles; methodology of literary theory and of the humanities; the possibilities, premises, and routes of interpretation.

Аспектуалност и количество

Author(s): Krasimira Angelova Chakarova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The subject of the scientific analysis in the present book is the paradigm of the language means used for expressing verbal quantity. The book presents cogent arguments as regards the existence of a genetic, typological and formal disparity among the quantitative systems of nouns, adjectives and numerals in comparison to the one of verbs, on account of which the study subsequently discards the popular concept of the hyper-categorial nature of quantity. The book presents a new model of the different types of aspectual relations in the Modern Bulgarian language. The Verbal Aspect is interpreted as a three-member category, formed as a result of the complex interactions between the separate functional-semantic fields in the area of Aspectuality.

Библейското слово у Йовков

Author(s): Tatyana Ichevska / Language(s): Bulgarian

The present study had no ambition to set up and impose an overall model for consideration of Yovkov’s works.The text focuses mostly on a particular aspect of Yovlov’s poetics – aiming to clarify the mechanisms by which the Biblical corpus is assembled in the writer’s works. It is not the case of only detecting and categorizing the biblical references in Yovlov’s works as Old- or New Testament ones. Rather, the different chapters of the book seek to establish the depth dimensions of the biblical text – i.e. how it forms human relationship with the environment, with the problems of the meaning of life and death, with the good and sin. Such a perspective supposes finding an answer in the course of the study to several important questions: in which cases the direct citing from the Bible is preferred to the allusive reference to certain Bible episodes, and vice versa, which texts of the Holy Book are most frequently called up in the narrative, when do Yovkov’s characters turn their gaze to God, what are the topoi of the desired and realized communication with God; how far is a dialogue possible between the biblically religious characters and motifs and the folklore and mythological notions saturated in Yovkov’s texts on the one hand, and the ideas fashionable in the 20s of the XX century of seeking personal identity on the other.

Битието на словото

Юбилеен сборник, посветен на 60-годишнината на професор Запрян Козлуджов

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian

The publication of the present Festschrift volume was suggested and initiated by the Department of Bulgarian Literature and Theory of Literature, School of Letters at Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski. It is dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of prof. Zapryan Kozludzhov, longtime Rector of Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv. This volume includes papers of literary scholars in various areas from Bulgarian and foreign academic centres – Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Queen Mary University of London, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, The Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, The South-West University Neofit Rilski in Blagoevgrad, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. The papers are published in honour of the literary scholar and teacher who merits a place amidst the most prominent representatives of Plovdiv philological community, a person of incontestable contributive influence and renoun in nurturing and solidifying the philological and humanitarian education at Plovdiv University.

Да направим земя и хора

Разказът за сътворението и грехопадението в българската култура

Author(s): Borislava Petkova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The main subject in the book is the creation of the world and humankind and the following Original sin, shaping the entire episode of the beginnings of human history. The specific concepts laid out on the basis of the core elements of the subject, evoke a peculiar and endless dialogue between broad cultural constructs – the mythological heritage, canonical Christianity, adjoining apocryphal literature and pagan folklore. The narrative corpora, which were simultaneously existing and known to the medieval and pre-modern reader or listener, preserve the ideas and beliefs about comogony and anthropogony inherited through the ages.

Изграждане на съставни индикатори с клъстерен анализ

Author(s): Donka Keskinova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The monograph is a result of the doctoral study on "Problems and Approaches in the Application of Cluster Analysis for the Construction of Composite Indicators in Sociology". For the first time in Bulgaria this book explores the possible solutions in the methodology of the classical methods of cluster analysis, their consequences for the results of the analysis; additionally, it presents and systematizes the reasons to prefer one solution to another. This provides an opportunity to construct an adequate strategy for the application of the analysis so as to solve a specific research task in the social sciences.Two types of classifications in sociology are justified - based on a typological composite indicator and empirical typology. Approaches have been developed to construct a composite indicator (variable) through cluster analysis that allow for a more effective reduction of information in empirical sociological research and its use to reveal relations and dependencies.The research in the monograph also contributes to the discussion of issues in cluster analysis methodology as they relate to the efficiency of clustering methods, Ward method's proximity measures, the proximity measures used for binary variables; the use of standardization of variables; how to sort the cases in the database, among others.

Императивът в съвременния български език

Author(s): Krasimira Angelova Chakarova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The subject of the scientific analysis in the present book is the Bulgarian imperative – the only subjective modal grammeme which has not been examined in a separate monographic study. The main purpose of the author is to find a plausible answer to some of the most complex problems associated with the semantic meaning of this grammeme, with the specifics of its formal expression, its relation to the other grammaticalised meanings of the Bulgarian verb, its usage in various functional styles, as well as to compare it to the imperative paradigms in the other Slavic languages and to thoroughly describe the whole scale of alternative means for expressing volition within the periphery of modality (lexical, morphological, syntactic, etc.).

Информационни аспекти на финансирането на системата за национална сигурност

Author(s): Iliya Tsenov / Language(s): Bulgarian

Revealed is the main role of economics and the key importance of finances for security. Exhibited are the planning methods, normative basis and organisational structure of the national security system. Observed are the national values and interests, as well as their role in forming a national ideal. We explore financing as ground for the functioning of the state, firms and the private individual, presented as one universally human creation, by which the essence and logic of governing money is revealed.We observe the organisation of the budget process, resource provision of the Armed forces, financial management and the main events under the defence-mobilisational readiness of the state. Special attention is paid to collective defence within the frames of NATO and the EU and the need for adequate decisions in aligning the armed forces with the requirements and standards of our allies.Focus is then placed on the informational provision of financing to the national security system, with the main problems and underlying reasons - highlighted. A special mention is paid to the rearmament- and modernization projects, which will cause an increase in the financial control requirements.The main goal of the research is to reveal convincing arguments to the advantages of this new financing model, based on the successes of economics and informational technology, which will lead to quality changes in the financing of the defence sector and maximal efficacy in investing the financial resources.

Класици, изгнаници, емигранти

Литературни идентичности и превод

Author(s): Lyubka Lipcheva-Prandzheva / Language(s): Bulgarian

No literature is so big or so small as to exist in one language only. Translation both as an independent research field and as an effective analytical lens lies at the core of this study. The introductory part outlines the wide range of theoretical models which are related to the study of translation transfer (or of translation “paraphrase” should we choose to employ romantic categories). It introduces the concept of translation memory that aims to encompass the complexity of information which a text in translation yields. On one hand these are the particularities of the two contexts in which the translation occurs (the field of literary sociology), on the other these relate to those stylistic choices in the act of translation as an act of interpretation which shape the quality of the cultural transfer (the realm of the poetics of translation). The goal of the study is to demonstrate how efficient the activation of this translation memory is, and can be, for national literary history through the German translations of Bulgarian authors. The case studies included in the book cover nearly 140 years of literary history in Bulgaria – from the first attempts towards constructing a new national literature in the 1880s to current literary events. The approach undertaken here follows and traces the trajectory of dynamically widening readings of national literature. The study bounces off the epicenter of those texts which shape its canonical body(Vazov, Yavorov, Yovkov), then it touches upon the intentional and/or forced residence of authorial texts within the linguistic world of others (Kiril Hristov, Hristo Ognyanov, Dimitar Inkyov in the German speaking context) and concludes with the polyphony of bilingual and/or multilingual writing aimed at multilingual reading (Dimitar Dinev and Iliya Troyanov among a number of others).The translations are discussed through a dynamically changing analytical prism. The case studies rely on the personal archives of the authors as well as their translators and the records of publishing houses; the analysis recruits facts that appear in memoirs and correspondence. The interpretation offers synchronous reading of journalistic, political and literary texts. At times the comparative reading of authorial and translated texts includes the so-called “back” translation which allows us to throw in stark relief the interpretative will of the translator. In some cases comparisons are drawn between translation storylines in other linguistic contexts: Russian, Czech, Croatian, French, etc. When awoken and semantically decoded, translated memory allows for a multifaceted reconstruction of cultural overtones at the respective temporal junction. What is more, it builds visions that are surprisingly different from the familiar (internally contextual) historiographical stories about the same periods (for instance the 1890s, the 1930s or the 1990s). This gradually widening its scope reading focuses on literary identity and its translated construction. The book follows the storylines of those textual/linguistic/cultural transfers which carve the status of the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature for IvanVazov; which lead to the inception of the Tatar-Bulgarian and his coveted Slavs and dream-like or real Germany (in the plural) with Kiril Hristov; which preserve the language of the symbolists so that the Bulgarian biographer of St. Francis could find his tongue (Hristo Ognyanov); which create dissidents, agents, and collectors of worlds… That is, all those figures of Bulgarian literary history that were born in the overtones between at least two languages .

Недописани страници от историята на българския книжовен език. Част I. Славянски ракурси

Author(s): Diana Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian

The book contains the author’s studies of the last decade, concerning historical problems of the modern Bulgarian literary language, which have not been sufficiently elaborated and described in the specialized publications. One of the questions which needs a special attention is in the sphere of the comparative examination of the linguistic and literary contacts between the Slavic peoples during the National Revival period and their interaction (common ideas, processes, tendencies, standard similarities and dissimilarities, specific behaviors, etc). The book consists of four parts, united by the common problems of the publications in each one: “Outlines of the Slavic dialogue during the Revival period”, “Public figures and ideas in the Bulgarian-Czech cultural dialogue”, “Bulgarian-Polish cultural and scholarly connections in 19th century”, “Authors, translators and translations”. These parts outline the specific manifestations of the cultural dialogue between the Bulgarians and the other Slavic peoples, carried out by researchers, writers, translators, explorers, journalists, who, through their work and activities, brought for the cultural advancement of the different Slavic nations on one hand, and became mediators of ideas between their own people and the remaining Slavic world, on the other hand. Based on analyses of a varied material of different Slavic languages conclusions are made about parallel or asymmetric processes in the cultural development and common tendencies that mark their future development. The comparative analyses of the inter-linguistic relations based on texts of the same or different chronologic sections are interesting from the viewpoint of the possibility of reconstruction of movements of transitory stages on one hand, and on the other hand – of the possibility of prognosis concerning future developments. Such analyses give specific information about these processes, since in each situation of inter-cultural exchange and inter-linguistic contacts, one can find both common and individual features. However, the unique idiosyncrasies stand out quite clearly when juxtaposed to other genetically closer or farther languages, which is well observed in translations from one Slavic language into another. Within the scope of the author’s attention come questions, connected with the textual and linguistic analysis of literary works, which demonstrates the tools of deeper examination of those facts, bringing us nearer to more unbiased conclusions about authors, works, translations and translators. On basis of indisputable facts, the book makes amendments of former standpoints (found in reference books) concerning the authorship of some translations or the sources and languages from which they have been made, and this is the contribution to our literary and linguistic history.

Парадоксите на експресията в българския и руския език

Author(s): Maja Kuzova / Language(s): Bulgarian

This book is the first comparative monographic study of the systematic paradoxical expressive events in two Slavic languages (Bulgarian and Russian) with attracted data from English, French and German. The complex analysis of the specific emotional reactions and the peculiar emotional evaluation is based on a completely original model and comprises the directions of statics – nomination – potency – predication – potential – pragmatics – dynamics. The illustrative data is also examined in a linguistic-cultural aspect and in a psychological context: as characteristic testimonies of speech choice, as bizarre sign for social standardization, for ethno-specificity also, which reflects the national stereotypes of structuring thought. Broadly speaking, "chronic" expressive illogical assessment-emotional speaking facts are located in the general theory of linguistic evolution, in the axiomatics of linguosynergy and entropy.The main advantage, the key to the success and effectiveness of ebullient emotives, is their heuristic efficiency. Their place in the potential of conversational speech is so great, because language is the home of spirit. We live nervously and in a race, we are in a hurry and easily excited and our emotions are confused, contradictory, extreme. We often talk the same way. And ... that looks damn normal now.

Религия и образование. История, традиции и съвременни тенденции

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian,Russian,Polish

This proceedings present the results of the international scientific conference „RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN THE PAST AND TODAY“, organized and conducted by the Department of Theology of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of The „Paisii Hilendarski“ University of Plovdiv, held between the 15th and the 17th of November 2018. The conference was attended by representatives of all Bulgarian Universities, where Theology is taught, but also was attended by colleagues from related majors - pedagogy, history, philosophy, sociology, art history, history of music, architecture - from Bulgaria and from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and USA. A separate section was formed, where the scientific and practical contributions of teachers teaching religion took center stage. We begin with „Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Religious Education“, where an attempt is made to describe the current state of the problem and to formulate the main challenges. The section „Religion and Tradition“ includes texts that trace the vivid historical examples of teaching - from the New Testament era to the twentieth century. The central section „Religion and Moral Education“ follows, in which different approaches and results in the work with specific groups and in different historical and social contexts are discussed. The section „Education in Religion and Secular Education – Pedagogical Approaches, Social Realities, Philosophical Projections“ further develops the topic by collecting texts problematizing the place of religion in the general education school and the possible pedagogical, normative and practical cases it raises. The collection ends with the section „Christian art - educational and theological aspects“, where the possibilities of using art as a way to better involve different groups of students in religious education, but also outside it, are presented and discussed. It raises important questions for theology and pedagogy for today‘s world, and offers possible ways to solve them. We hope that this second volume of the series will generate both scientific and public debate and will serve for the better integration of religious education in the Bulgarian school.

Романите на Димитър Димов

Author(s): Tatyana Ichevska / Language(s): Bulgarian

This survey is an attempt to clarify certain peculiarities of the poetics of Dimov’s novels, to outline the ways in which in some of his works there is evolution of a love affair, on the one hand and of the man-history-ideology relationship, on the other hand; to see how certain novelistic and film patterns “begin to speak”; to find the different dimensions of human nature; to distinguish what is specific in the interpretation of motives regarded as being classic in Bulgarian literature (for example, the motive of drunkenness, madness, the strive for “another world” and so on). This explains why in certain chapters Dimov’s novels are repeatedly commented on in different aspects. In Dimov’s texts we can follow the process of self-destruction of the characters, regardless of whether they manage to achieve their goals or not. Dimov’s attention is focused on the destiny of the travelling man. All Dimov’s characters, regardless of the social and ideological camp they belong to, leave “their world” in an attempt to fulfill their dream of “another world”. For some of them, this journey turns out to be a pursuit of the concepts of “real life”, which have been established by the cinema and the novels, for others it is a pursuit-adherence to certain ideologies (the world Catholic empire, the world dominance of the God-chosen German people, the creation of a perfect communist order), and for still others it is a pursuit of success and recognition. At the same time, the road is seen as a road to (self-)knowledge, for which the characters often pay with their lives.

Сборник от научни четения, посветени на 140-годишнината от приемането на Търновската конституция

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian

In 2019, 140 years have passed since the adoption of the Tarnovo Constitution. On this occasion, the Departments of Public Law and Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" organized scientific readings to mark the 140th anniversary of the Tarnovo Constitution.This collection contains the main materials presented by the participants - scientists from law faculties and other scientific institutions in the country, and this is an indisputable testament to the representative nature of the event. The collection presents works of both established names in legal science and young authors who publish some of their first scientific works. We hope that the proposed research will arouse the professional interest of all representatives of the legal profession, and that the collection will be a useful read for both teachers and students of law, as well as for practicing lawyers.

След следващата запетая

20 години етнология в Пловдивския университет. Сборник от юбилейна научна конференция, Пловдив2012

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian

The book presents texts from the scientific conference "After the next comma", held in 2012. It marked twenty years since the establishment of academic ethnology at Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski". The focus of the conference is on the applications of ethnological knowledge - in research, expertise, education, project work, etc .; in their local, national and global forms.

Социалната уязвимост

Социоаналитични перспективи

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian

The following collective monograph presents the summarized theoretical achievements of a study of a team of young scientists and postdoctoral fellows on a project on the topic: “I have no one to turn to! - Socioanalytical dimensions of vulnerability” (funded by NF “Scientific Research”, contract № ДМ 20/4, 20.12.2017). The team comprises 11 young scientists, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows from the departments of “Sociology and Human Sciences” and “Philosophy” at the Faculty of Philosophy and History at Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”.The research presented in this monography is structured in a way that demonstrates the effectiveness of the analytic interplay between data obtained through empirical research and attempts to develop socioanalytical identifiers of social vulnerability, as well as those for synthesizing methodological approaches for the analysis of various forms of social suffering. The productive meeting between them is reflected in the Socioanalytical Protocol Project as developed by the team members.The first two introductory texts has focus, on the one hand, on outlining the contexts in which the work on the project “I have no one to turn to! - socioanalytical dimensions of vulnerability” is carried out, following the key semantic problems: 1. The practice of understanding in socioanalytical conversations; 2. Analytical techniques for microscopic practico-logical data analysis; 3. Socioanalytical interpretation of the data relevant to the socioanalysis from the practical logic of the persons studied; 4. Reflexivity and self-reflexivity of the methodology and of the socioanalyst. These two texts also summarize the problems the team is facing. On the other hand, particular attention is paid to the methodology used in the Socioanalytical Protocol Project, which is developed as the main methodological instrument for the work on the empirical studies.The main thematic presentation related to the work on the empirical studies is presented in the section Socioanalytical Dimensions of Vulnerability, which consists of 9 texts developed through research work with this methodological tool. Each text is accompanied by an “Excerpt from the Project for Socioanalytical Protocol” on the relevant research case, which gives the reader a chance to become acquainted with the integral part of the research process and the intermediate analytical moves that led to the analyzes, reflections and results presented in each article.

Съвременната святост: история, образи, символи, практики

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian,Russian,Polish,Greek, Modern (1453-)

The subject of holiness and its historical and contemporary dimensions has proven to be a cross point for the research interests of academics with a different academic background profile - theologians and historians, anthropologists and sociologists, art historians and pedagogues. This allowed the discussions to cross the boundaries of the single disciplines and to outline a rich and multidimensional image of research phenomenon. The vast variety of positions proved how beneficial could be the "Scientific diversity" and the lack of paradigmatic dogmatism outlined by the academic tolerance has turned this first conference into a forum for free exchange of views and opinions. This was particularly important for young scientists involved, for which the access to such scientific forums is often limited by institutional ones or other reasons. The collection we bring to the attention of readers reflects the current state of scientific thought on the theme of holiness.