Decadents and bohemians in Bulgarian symbolism Cover Image

Декаденти и бохеми в българския символизъм
Decadents and bohemians in Bulgarian symbolism

Author(s): Bisera Dakova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Национална библиотека »Св. св. Кирил и Методий«
Keywords: decadent; bohemian; ideologically narrowed

Summary/Abstract: The terms decadent and bohemia are not introduced here in their inherent,rich, cultural and historical dimensions, but as ideologically narrowed figures,used in the literary historical description of Bulgarian symbolism in the 60s,70s and 80s of the twentieth century. It is traced how the figure of the bohemian(the happy-go-lucky fellow, homeless, hedonist) pushes the figure of the decadent (introvert, pervert, Satanist) outside the field of the literary history while at the same time many facts are absolutely distorted, silenced, replaced,denied, in order to build a format of a harmless Bulgarian symbolism – thematically depleted, theoretically baseless, grounded, melodic, dialogic – which fits „organically“ in the sustainable realistic traditions of Bulgarian literature.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 46 - 56
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian
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