Kwestie tożsamości narodowej i kulturowej w twórczości poetyckiej Ani Iłkowa
The problems of national and cultural identity in the poetic works of Ani Ilkov

Author(s): Dorota Gołek‑Sepetliewa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Ani Ilkov; Bulgarian poetry; national identity; cultural identity
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the constructions and the problems of Bulgarian national and cultural identity based on Ani Ilkov’s poetry written in the 1990s. In the early 1990s, thenew political and social realities forced nations of the former Eastern bloc to (re-)readcultural, literary and historical traditions, including the national topoi, myths and stereotypes.Ilkov redefines the national tradition and cultural heritage, he boldly inquiresabout the problematic Bulgarian identity and reinterprets the historical past.

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