VARIATIONS ON BULGARIAN INTERWAR LITERATURE Cover Image

ВАРИАЦИИ ВЪРХУ МЕЖДУВОЕННАТА БЪЛГАРСКА ЛИТЕРАТУРА
VARIATIONS ON BULGARIAN INTERWAR LITERATURE

Author(s): Kristiyan Yanev
Subject(s): Bulgarian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Nadezhda Stoyanova; Maria Ruseva; Bulgarian interwar literature; Bulgarian culture; 1920s; 1930s;

Summary/Abstract: A review of two monographs on Bulgarian literature of the 1920s and 1930s: Stoyanova, Nadezhda. Adornments and Grimaces. Fashion and Modernity in Bulgarian Literature of the 1920s and 1930s. Sofia: Paradigma, 2022, 378 pp. [In Bulgarian: Стоянова, Надежда. Украси и гримаси. Мода и модерност в българската литература от 20-те и 30-те години на ХХ век. София: Парадигма, 2022.]; Ruseva, Maria. Poetics of the Road in Bulgarian Literature of the 1920s and 1930s. Sofia University Press, 2022, 348 pp. [In Bulgarian: Русева, Мария. Поетика на пътя в българската литература от 20-те и 30- те години на ХХ век. София: УИ Св. Климент Охридски, 2022.] The review analyzes the literary motives and themes, as well as theoretizations of Modernity common for both studies. It argues that however the authors focus on the dramatic context of the interwar period and questions on identity and self-expression, they propose different ways out of traumatic experieces, as well as paths to selfrealization through fashion or travel.

  • Issue Year: 12/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 222-227
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian
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