Literary language features and genre characteristics of the first letter in Bulgarian revival poetry Cover Image

Книжовноезикови и жанрови особености на първото писмо в българската възрожденска поезия
Literary language features and genre characteristics of the first letter in Bulgarian revival poetry

Author(s): Nayda Ivanova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Historical Linguistics, Stylistics
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Konstantin Ognjanović; The Life of Saint Alexios the Man of God; Slavo-Bulgarian type of Bulgarian literary language; epistolary
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I examine Alexios’s farewell letter to his parents and his bride, as displayed in the poem The Life of Saint Alexios the Man of God (1833) written by Konstantin Ognjanović. The specificities of the Slavo-Bulgarian type of Bulgarian literary language in the first half of the 19th century as represented in the letter in question are analyzed as well. In addition, I also aim to reveal the genre characteristics of Alexios’s letter.