Цветовете на Дунав – по талвега на една литературна тема (Компаративистични наблюдения и имаголожки екскурси)
The Colours of the Danube – Along the Thalweg of a Literary Theme (Comparative Observations and Imagological Digressions)

Summary/Abstract: This text analyses two variations on the Danube theme, associated with the colouring of the river: the calm, white Danube and the murky/ black Danube. The focus is on their folk-literary expressions at the time of the Bulgarian Revival period, including the couple of decades that followed it. I test the hypothesis that at different junctures of our culture usage becomes a tool to balance the sheet, to signal crises, or to remind of indigenous values. The function of colour is reminiscent of the river thalweg, it defines borders and connects the lowest points of the stream.

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