ОТЕКВАЩИ ГЛАСОВЕ: МАТИЛДЕ СЕРАО И БЪЛГАРСКОТО ЖЕНСКО ПИСАНЕ ОТ НАЧАЛОТО НА XX ВЕК
ECHOING VOICES: MATILDE SERAO AND THE BULGARIAN FEMININE WRITING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The name of the Italian novelist Matilde Serao is almost unknown to the modern Bulgarian reader, although her presence in the media was very active and influential a century ago. For a 30-year period (the 1990s and the first two decades of the 20th century) the Bulgarian reader got acquainted with eighteen of her novels and short stories. The translations of Serao set the beginning of the reception of the Italian women writings, which was completed later with authors like Ada Negri, Neera, and Grazia Deledda. Mathilde Serao is a unique representative of the Italian cultural group from the beginning of the 20th century. She epitomizes the perfect combination of the role of a committed mother and wife with the one of an excellent professional. Serao is impressive not only with her writing talent, but also with her enormous work capacity, management skills and the gift of a modern journalist. The Bulgarian perception of the Italian writer is in accordance with the cultural needs of the time, especially in a moment when the discussion about women writings appeared in the media. The main topics through which the Italian novelist is presented on the Bulgarian literary scene are love, maternity, poverty and school life. In the works of Serao, the central character is a portrayal of the woman in her detailed varieties of everyday roles and social images. The wide range of the female sensuality is examined and illustrated with a deep psychological understanding and care. In her works, the solidarity of the woman and the need of the man’s approval and acknowledgment coexist in a very interesting way.

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