Преходът в съвременния български роман – жанрови вариации и семантични контексти
The Transition in the Contemporary Bulgarian Novel: Genre Variations and Semantic Contexts

Author(s): Ani Burova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: novel; genre; narrative models; transition; post-socialism; post-1989 literature
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the images of the post-1989 Transition, as they have been constructed in the contemporary Bulgarian novel. The novel genre has traditionally been associated with making sense of historical and social turning points. However, in the period since 1989, it has itself been subjected to much experimentation and exploration, which has also affected the way in which it portrays the recent past and the present. The focus of the present article is precisely on the intersection between the processes at work within the genre of the novel and the types of interpretations of the theme of the society of the Transition. The issues are discussed chronologically, beginning with a commentary on the images of the Transition in the novels of the 1990s and continuing with those of the early twenty-first century. It is noted that the novel’s interest in the theme of the Transition has been growing with the advance of the present century. The main conclusion is that the contemporary novel seeks new opportunities to interpret social and historical issues. Different genre and narrative models characteristic of the theme of the Transition in the Bulgarian novel since the 1990s are outlined.

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