„ДА МУ Е ДРАГО НА ЧОВЕКА ДА ПОЛУДЕЕ“, ИЛИ ARS AMATORIA В РОМАНА „БЕЗДНА“ НА КИРИЛ ХРИСТОВ
“IT MAKES ONE WANT TO GO MAD…”, OR ARS AMATORIA IN KIRIL HRISTOV’S NOVEL ABYSS („БЕЗДНА“)

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this paper is to offer an analysis of Kiril Hristov’s novel Abyss. Confessions of a Madman („Бездна. Изповед на един умопобъркан“) by means of intertextual connections with the principles of Ovid’s “Ars Amatoria”. In the field of both the erotically-playful and the anthropological theories of Kiril Hristov, the object of research interest are the parallels with Ancient Rome and the conceptual role of Pompeii. The semantic framework of the novel, which sets forth a philosophy of madness of a specific kind, is used to motivate the presence of an intertextual code, and it is of particular importance to distinguish the interpretation of Abyss from the author's intention to construct a text whose message carries entirely a strong moral stake.

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