Poganki i intelektualistki. Bohaterki Błagi Dimitrowej
Pagans and Intellectuals: Blaga Dimitrova's Female Characters

Author(s): Sylwia Siedlecka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Blaga Dimitrova; literature; communism; elite; dissidents
Summary/Abstract: The monograph aims to reconstruct the Weltanschauung of Bulgarian elites in the second half of the 20th century, as documented in the novels and dramas by Blaga Dimitrova written between the mid-1960s and early 1980s. Being anchored in the everyday reality of Bulgarian communism, Dimitrova’s works could be analysed as a specific document of the time, including the dialogue with the national tradition, history, and contemporary events of the social, political and artistic life in Bulgaria. A deconstruction of the ideas contained in the works by Dimitrova allows for their projection onto the background of perennial narratives about the identity of the nation, the attitude towards the Other, the vision of social and cultural modernisation, and the role played in these processes by the national elites.

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