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A Time for Dystopias / Време за дистопии.
A Time for Dystopias

Author(s): Milena Kirova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Novel, Comparative Study of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: dystopia; Bulgarian literature; novel; 21st century

Summary/Abstract: This text is an introduction to the theme of this issue. First, it briefly overviews the place and the functions of the literary genre of dystopia in present-day world literature. It then outlines the history of the genre in Bulgarian literature from its almost complete absence until 1989 to the rise of a true dystopian wave in the second decade of the new century. In its last part, the text points out how the thirteen articles published inside can be divided into three groups in terms of their subject matter and disciplinary approach.

  • Issue Year: 10/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 14-21
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English, Bulgarian
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