War in the Context of Otherness in Wolfgang Borchert's and Yordan Valchev's Short Military Stories Cover Image

Войната в контекста на другостта във военните разкази на Волфганг Борхерт и Йордан Вълчев
War in the Context of Otherness in Wolfgang Borchert's and Yordan Valchev's Short Military Stories

Author(s): Rositsa Vasileva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, German Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Wolfgang Borchert; Yordan Valchev; stories; otherness; humanism; philanthropy

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses war in the context of otherness in the short military stories by the German writer Wolfgang Borchert and the Bulgarian author Yordan Valchev. Different Perspectives of the attitude towards the social phenomenon of war, fictionally recreated in both authors' stories, are analyzed. The ways of interpretation of specific problems are compared. The article points out similarities, differences and developments in certain aspects in the military stories written by both authors.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 105-112
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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