Българският разказ за падането под османска власт: исторически канон без месианистичен мит
Narrating the Bulgarian Fall under Ottoman Rule: a Canon without Messianic Myth

Summary/Abstract: The text aims to analyze the Bulgarian way to narrate the fall under Ottoman rule. It searches for answers to the questions of why the historical narrative is constructed in such a vague and elusive way, why there is no messianic figure or epic event in the collective memory, why the literary canon is so indifferent toward this topic. In order to rationalize this specificity the study scrutinizes the initial formation of a normative narrative concerning the fall under Ottoman rule. The analysis covers the period 1830s-1870s. It is focused on three main areas: 1) textbooks on Bulgarian and Ottoman history; 2) publications in the press relating to the topic in question; 3) literary production devoted to the end of the Bulgarian kingdom in 14th c.

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