The traveling man. A meeting of time and space in the poetry of Ivan Teofilov Cover Image

Пътуващият човек. Среща на времената и пространствата в поезията на Иван Теофилов
The traveling man. A meeting of time and space in the poetry of Ivan Teofilov

Author(s): Yanitsa Radeva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: train; bus; dream; poetry; Ivan Teofilov; traveling; time; space

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the poetry of Ivan Teofilov through the figure of the traveling man. The analysis is focused on the concepts of time and space and the ways they are mastered and manifested through various means of movement. The image and the idea of the train, the bus, the dreams and the pedestrian are closely examined, along with those of the airplane, the imagination, the ship, etc. The author analyzes in a separate group the various inanimate and abstract objects which in certain cases in Teofilov’s poetry demonstrate “tendencies“ and “skills“ to move. Treatments of similar themes and topics by other authors are also discussed.