Балканските литературни мостове и (не)познатият път към другия
Balkan literature bridges and the (un)known road to the other

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses from a comparative point of view the topic of travel and the motif of crossing a river by a ford or over a bridge in the works of various authors from the Balkans. The bridge as an image, as a symbol of common Balkan adherence in general, and the building of a bridge as a motif are viewed as genetically connected with the issue of accepting the Other; they are also connected with the most enduring variety of Balkan myths the most exploited ones of which in our folklore and our literatures are the myths about the immuring of people in bridges and about people inseparable after death. Three Balkan literary works are being compared The Bridge over Drina by Ivo Andich, The Bridge with the Three Arcs by Ismail Kadare and The Stone Bridge over Rositsa by Angel Karaliychev. The paper looks into the emancipated presence of Bulgarian literature in the context of the general Balkan literature.

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