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The essay presents two ideas. First, the philosophical-aesthetic category of the dystopian-utopian is the basis of the literary-philosophical genre of dystopia-utopia in classical socio-political works. And second, it outlines some features of the genres dystopia-utopia and dystopia. The first idea is derived from European critical philosophy. The second is based on Plato, mostly on the Republic, a work that serves as a starting point for the analysis of the dystopia-utopia and dystopia genres. Classical and more recent works, some of which have not been examined as dystopia-utopia, illustrate these theoretical ideas. The essay pays particular attention to the novels Resurrection by Tolstoy and Bend Sinister by Nabokov.
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Review of: Reay, E. (2023). The child in video games: From the meek, to the mighty, to the monstrous. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Review of: Aliano, K. I. (2022). The performance of video games: Enacting identity, history and culture through play. McFarland & Company.
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This paper conducts a comparative analysis of Samuel Butler's seminal work, Erewhon: or, Over the Range, and Vladimir Poleganov's contemporary novel, The Other Dream. The analysis centers on the discreet influence exerted by technology in the pursuit of territorial survival. The study delves into the catastrophic consequences arising from both the success and failure of this technological endeavour.
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This article is an introduction to the close reading of Victor Pelevin’s novel Journey to Eleusis (2023) as a paradigmatical example of the Russian dystopian literature from the beginning of the 21th century. Journey to Eleusis is the final part of a trilogy whose previous installments include the collection of short novels Transhumanism Inc. (2021) that set the dystopian universe, and the sequel KGBT+ (2022) taking place already in the wartime sociopolitical reality. I argue that starting with Vladimir Sorokin’s Blue Lard (1999) the contemporary Russian dystopia intertwines idiosyncratically futurism and archaism into a retro-dystopian frame, which I discern in Pelevin’s trilogy. As I view it, this specific dystopian blend aims at the representation of a history of the present of the Putin era with its neo-totalitarian version of the Russian imperial concept of the “Third Rome” which is crucial to Journey to Eleusis.
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This paper investigates the dichotomy between Dismaland, a dystopian inversion of Disneyland, and Disneyland as an enduring bastion of joyous illusion. Through the lenses of heterotopia, non-places, and chiasmus, it explores how their coexistence authentically grounds one while estranging the other. Banksy's inadvertent use of а chiastic structure in transforming Dismaland is analyzed for its reorganizational logic, and challenging norms. Drawing on Lefebvre, Foucault, Rancière, and Nikolchina, the paper examines cultural representations, spaces, and social relations. The analysis extends to non-places vs. heterotopias, emphasizing Dismaland's resistance to non-place classification. The paper advocates for heterotopias, like Dismaland, to challenge norms and foster alternative cultural production, critiquing interpretations of Situationist theories and proposing Rancière's spatial occupation. The conclusion explores how chiastic structure and heterotopian thinking fuel Dismaland's revolutionary potential, challenging predetermined environments, and underscores art's transformative role in societal evolution towards a renewed existence.
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Book review: Калин Михайлов. Християнство и литература. Фигури на (не)благородното. София, УИ „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2023, ISBN: 978-954-07-5726-1.[Kalin Mikhaïlov. Christianisme et littérature. Figures du noble et de l’ignoble. Éd. de l’Université de Sofia, 2023, ISBN : 978-954-07-5726-1 ; Christianity and Literature. Figures of the (Ig)Noble.]
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Book review: Velinova, Malinka, Antoaneta Robova, Teodora Tzankova (dir.). Normes etréécritures/ mythes et reformulations. – Philologuitcheski forum, Issue 1 (15), 2022,ISSN 2534-9473. [Велинова, Малинка, Антоанета Робова, Теодора Цанкова (съст.).Норми и пренаписване/ митове и преформулиране. –Филологически форум, брой 1(15), 2022, ISSN 2534-9473; Norms and Rewritings/ Myths and Reformulations].
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Iako je nestala pre duže od tri decenije,socijalistička Jugoslavija i dalje na brojne načine zaokuplja pažnju brojnih istraživača. Pored različitih pogleda na razdoblje njene disolucije od početka 90-ih godina prošlog veka,sve se, zapravo, intenzivnije razmatraju i brojni segmenti i okviri njenog postojanja, premda neretko u društvima koja, i pored toga što svoje pravne, ustavnopravne i legitimacijske temelje crpe iz perioda njenog postojanja, počivaju via facti na dubinskoj negaciji svih krucijalnih dostignuća druge jugoslovenske države (1945‒1991). Zapravo u tom smislu i na tom predominantnom diskursu odrastaju i edukuju se brojne postjugoslovenske generacije mladih u svim državama nastalim na njenom tlu. Takođe, u brojnim državama koje su upravo nastale na području nekadašnje Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije osporava se i bilo kakvo posmatranje ovog prostora u smislu konstituisanja zasebnih regionalnih studija i komparativnog promatranja njihovih unutrašnjih sistema, međusobnih odnosa i brojnih zajedničkih karakteristika.
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У недељу, 12. новембра 2023. године, у Великој дворани Задужбине Илије М. Коларца, одржан је концерт поводом обележавања 40 година уметничког рада и пијанизма наше уважене колегинице др Радмиле Стојановић. Већ овенчана због истрајног, континуираног рада и позната по бројним и веома запаженим самосталним и камерним концертима од националног и међународног значаја, реализовала је многе уметничке пројекте у циљу промоције и афирмације вредности пијанизма, камерне и уметничке музике националних и европских композитора међу младима и грађанством. Спектакуларни концерт поводом 40 година уметничког рада и пијанизма др Радмиле Стојановић чинио је дела познатих аутора. Са добро осмишљеним и веома захтевним програмом показала је апсолутну преданост уметничким делима – Ј. С. Баха, В. А. Моцарта, С. Прокофјева, Ф. Шопена, В. Миланковић, Д. Јовановић, К. Дебисија и К. Бабића, приказујући изврсну технику, спретност у свим регистрима и темпима, динамичку осетљивост, супериорност у полифоним преплетима и естетичку префињеност.
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Review of: DIDACTIC (contemporary trends) Sefedin Šehović, Filduza Prušević (2021), Belgrade, Faculty of Teachers, 668 pages
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Review of: „FOCUS 2,SUE KAY,VAUGHAN JONES,DAVID BRAYSHAW,BARTOSZ MICHALOWSKI,LINDA EDWARDS,PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED”,EDINBURGH GATE,HARLOW, 2016,240 СТР.
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Book review: Stefka Parveva. Wealth and poverty among rural communities in the province of Rumelia in the XVII–XVIII centuries. Research and documents. Sofia: Publishing House of BAS “Prof. Marin Drinov”, 2022
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