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The “Narrative about the Zographian Martyrs” («Разказ за зографските мъче- ници») is a monument of Old Bulgarian literature dating from the late 13th c. The paper examines the historical circumstances underlying the work, the literary characteristics of the “Narrative”, and its impact on later orthodox antiunionist literature.
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This article discusses the matter of the composition of the Service for the Heavenly Bodiless Angelic Powers, which was included in the Old Bulgarian Menaion under the date of 8 November and has no Greek parallel. Taking into account the fact that there are two known canons of probable Old Bulgarian origin, the author searches in various manuscripts for the rest of the chants that, according to liturgical rules, might have been part of the service.
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The article traces the research on the Rila Damascene and divides them into several spheres of problems: classification, language, decoration, localization and dating.
More...Евелина Белчева (2017). Златорожката връзка. Петър Динеков – Владимир Василев, два портрета в ретро – от натура (73 неизвестни писма). София: „Гутенберг“
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The wartime poetry cycle “Secret Sighs” reveals an intensive dialogue between, on the one hand, Debelyanov’s poems and, on the other, those of the French poets. A poet’s or a painter’s work of art cannot reveal the whole of its meaning on its own. In order to be comprehended and appreciated it has to be considered with regard to the ways in which it relates to other works of art. The aim of comparative analysis is to find new meanings carried by Debelyanov’s texts the understanding of which is enhanced by the poetry of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Jammes and Verlaine.
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The present text is an excerpt from the third and fourth lectures of the route and addresses only partially the issues evolved therein. The profound relationship between poetic language and music is scrutinised and the specific role of Symbolism in achieving maximum synthesis between the two is depicted by examples from Debelyanov´s work. Shown are also explicit forms of the convergence sought, such as the use of musical terms and genres in the language of the lyrical work. The reverse approach – poetry as hypotext and motivation for the creation of musical works – is outlined as part of the development of the cultural context. Dora Gabe´s “Dedication” (“Посвещение”) and T. Trayanov´s “The Secret of the Struma” (“Tайната на Струма“) illustrate the blending of poetry and music into one aesthetic experience.
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The first lecture of the route tells about one curious story from 1966, which relates to the arrival of the Bulgarian prototype of the popular character of Ian Fleming - James Bond (007). Bulgarian writer and author of spy books from the early era of social realism Andrei Guliashki published a novel titled “Against 007”, to which British publishers of Fleming show interest for film adaptation of the novel. The procedure had started, but... for a number of reasons the idea remained unfulfilled and Bulgarian Bond couldn’t had a chance to experience the epochal clash with his English colleague. The second lecture focuses on the establishment of the genre of criminal and spy books by the writer Bogomil Raynov, who in series of novels created perhaps the most popular Bulgarian character of a spy from the Eastern Bloc - agent Emil Boev. The cult character enjoys a great popularity, almost all novels of B. Raynov from the series were filmed, and the most successful realization turned to be the novel “There is nothing better than the bad weather“.
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This article starts from the understanding that the unfinished autobiographical text of G. S. Rakovski Nepovinnyj bolgarin [The Innocent Bulgarian], in the so-called second version, was deliberately built by his author according to the models known from martyrology. The papers discusses the links between Rakovskiʼs work and the biblical text, in so far as the hagiographic writing is presumably referred to the Holy Scripture as a model. Several types of reminiscences and references to the biblical text in the work of Rakovski are analyzed. The high frequency of biblical references is interpreted as an attempt to sacralize the (auto)biographical characters, which adds additional features to them as compared to the characters of the pure ‘secular’ type autobiographies.
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The article examines current trends in the development of South Slavic comparative literary studies. The discussion revolves around the reviewing of the notion of a South Slavic literary community and a unified South Slavic literary process. Interpretation focuses on the comparison of the Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav literary contexts. Reference is made to the affiliation of South Slavic literatures to various cultural regions. The author comes to the conclusion that there is a need for a reviewing of South Slavic literatures as an open construction and a dynamic field of identities.
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Defended PhD theses in Bulgaria in the field of linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography and art studies
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In the following research the author pays attention to the personal cor¬respondence of Stefan Verkovich which has been stored in the Bulgarian archives. He defends Verkovich’s thesis for the authenticity of Bulgarian language by commenting on a few letters and referring to the press. He also denies some of the hypotheses saying that Velkovich has been paid to work, that his work has not been accepted by P. R. Slaveykov etc.
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Iliya Yovchev is the first Bulgarian journalist in America and the first Bulgarian newspaper correspondent in the USA. He is an amazing polyglot. His occupation is a writer, theatre person and translator. He is famous as the “father” of Bulgarian emigration in America. His newspaper “Rodoliyubets”, which comes out in two copies at the end of the XIX century, is a valuable document about the life, way of thinking and the socio-political and cultural development of our country during the Revival period – until the end of the XIX century. “Rodoliyubets” is the first Bulgarian newspaper meant for the whole family. The author breaches the subjects of the relationship between the man and the woman, marriage and upbringing of children, politics, literature, history, culture and art. He appeals for the modernization of our larger cities and their development in accordance with the European image. He criticizes some of our politicians. With his newspaper, Yovchev lays down the foundations of an important rapprochement and reconciliation between the Bulgarian and American peoples.
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