“Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted”. Vladimir Bartol’s Novel “Alamut” – Belated Entry in the Modern Balkan Context

Author(s): Malamir Spasov / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

“Alamut” (1938) is a novel by Vladimir Bartol (1903 – 1967) – Slovene author from Trieste. It has been defined as both “marginal literature” and “brilliantly written work”. However, only in the 1980s and 1990s Bartol’s novel became the most internationally successful and bestselling work of Slovene literature, partly due to its strangely contemporary relevance. And yet there has been surprisingly little comparison between “one of the most original works of Slovene literature” and the modernistic literary creativity of contemporaries of Bartol’s generation elsewhere in Southeast Europe – for instance authors such as Bulgarian Boris Shivachev, Romanians Camil Petrescu, Anton Holban and Mircea Eliade, and even Serbian Miloš Crnjanski. Regrettably, “Alamut” is not translated in Bulgarian or Romanian yet. Apart from the fact that it is a gap which needs to be filled, such a juxtaposing seems to be quite alluring, loquacious and valuable. This study represents an attempt to commence similar comparison and to initiate a broader discussion between both extremities of the Balkans.

Prayers and Spells Against Unholy and Evil Spirits in a Nineteenth-Century Prayer Canon

Author(s): Ivona Karachorova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

In this article, the object or research is a block of six apocryphal prayers from the end of the 18th or the beginning of the 19th century. Among them, there are several prayer charms, of which two are supposedly written by Basil the Great, and four by John Chrysostom. On the basis of four transcripts in manuscripts from SS Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, the inclusion of this block of prayers into prayer canons against evil spirits and demons, which have a diverse composition and are composed according to the regulations of the Orthodox Church, is traced. Among the above-mentioned prayers, for the first time, prohibitive prayers are attested, which so far have not been included in the classification of apocryphal prayers.

От редактора/ Le mot du rédacteur/ Letter from the editor/ Упътване за авторите/ Guide pour les auteurs/ Author Guidelines

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French Issue: 1/2015

Letter from the editor and author guidelines

Ucieczka od psychoanalizy

Author(s): Didier Eribon / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2 (7)/2015

The author offers a critical judgment of Lacanian psychoanalysis, pointing out its normativizing aspect. He acknowledges the impossibility of reconciliation of psychoanalytic thought with the theory of radical difference, the example of which is queer, which has been postulated by such scholars as Judith Butler, Lee Edelman or Leo Bersani. As Eribon claims, queer theory constitutes a continuation of (anti-psychoanalytic) philosophy of Michel Foucault, and it would be theoretically much more inspiring – Eribon further argues – to try to juxtapose Foucault’s thought with Sartre rather than with Freud or Lacan.

WAS HEIßT, MUSIK ZU VERSTEHEN? THEORETISCHE EINSICHTEN UND PRAKTISCHE EMPFEHLUNGEN EINER LEBENSWELTORIENTIERTEN ÄSTHETISCHEN HERMENEUTIK

Author(s): KARL EHRENFORTH / Language(s): German Issue: 3/2014

The author argues that music should not be mediated as a scientifically reduced objectto amateurs and students, but as a message for the listener. Music is not a kind of strange“thing”, but a “virtually-you”, and looks for a dialogue with everybody who listens to it. Music claims: “I mean you! I’m talking about you! I want to talk to you”! Not only is music sound and structure, but a life lived as a reflection of sounds. It is the shape in which the dialogue with music finds its sustenance. The author examines one of the time-honored musical forms – the rondo – to demonstrate his view. From a historical perspective, the rondo is a round-song, which plays an important role in our daily lives. With its typical contrast between what is already known (chorus) and new elements (couplet), the rondo reflects our different experiences of time: time as a line (time of day) and time as a circle (circle of celebration). This article offers an insight into the theme of live of the author: hermeneutics as the science of understanding, here is the music.

От хуманизма до постхуманизма: разсъжденията за Европа у Томас Ман, Андре Жид и Ханс-Магнус Енценсбергер

Author(s): Manfred Schmeling / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Thomas Mann dealt with the topic of Europe on several levels: literary, theoretically and in the course of time. In his novel The Magic Mountain, the – symbolically speaking – “sick Europe” is meeting in a Swiss sanatorium. André Gide, who is like Thomas Mann a European in spirit, commented on Mann’s essay “Achtung, Europa!” (1936) with these words: “Mann reste […] un humaniste dans le sens le plus plein du mot.” Hans-Magnus Enzensberger – poet and critical observer of European developments – counters this humanistic idea of Europe with a new concept in, among other texts, “Eurozentrismus wider Willen” and Ach Europa (Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continent), which can be considered a mixture of essay and literary travelogue. Enzensberger opposes the political and economic attempts at harmonization imposed from Brussels and emphasizes the cultural distinctions of each individual European country. Linked to this commitment to alterity is a postmodern concept, which at the same time questions the grown humanistic discourse on Europe.

ХХІІ интердисциплинарен колегиум по старобългарска литература и култура

Author(s): Lilly Stammler,Gergana Athanassova Nikolova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 29/2014

Thrakisch und Dakisch – Sprachen oder Dialekte?

Author(s): Svetlana Janakieva / Language(s): German Issue: 21/2014

The hypothesis that Thracian and Dacian are two separate languages belongs to Vladimir Georgiev. It has both supporters and opponents. On the basis of analysis both of onomastic material (hydronyms, names of settlements, anthroponyms, theonyms and ethnonyms), and of appellatives (glosses), the paper checks the claim of considerable phonetic differences (presence or absence of a shift of the voiced and voiceless consonants) between the Thracian and the Dacian-Moesian region. Attention is devoted to the data on proper names formed on the same roots in both areas. An analysis is made of different graphic variants of other names with a view to studying the reasons for the appearance of the varying transcripts.

Номинация ароматного растения душица обыкновенная (Origanum vulgare L.) в русском и болгарском языках

Author(s): Ganna Angelova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2016

The article examines the origin of the nomination of the herbaceous plant oregano (Rus. душица обыкновeнная). The main object of analysis are the linguistic manifestations of specific and functional signs as the basis of name, and the ways of their expression. Based on this are determined the models of nominative row in Russian and Bulgarian languages. The study of nominative rows of the plant oregano entering the thematic group of phytonyms „Medicinal herbaceous plants of the family Lamiaceae,“ is the most acceptable method for the study of the principles and ways of nomination of objects possessing common properties. This method facilitates the study to focus on the many names and identify the current relations between marked objects and their names, as well as to reveal the systemic organization of thematic vocabulary groups. Furthermore, comparison of current models of nominative rows in the system of the two languages (Russian and Bulgarian) provides an opportunity to indicate the integrity of nominations of the studied thematic group.

За японските заемки в българския език

Author(s): Anton Andreev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The paper introduces the topic of Japanese loan-words in Bulgarian. The main text touches upon the place of Japanese among world languages, the main characteristics of its phonological system, its lexical layers and their respective word-formation patterns, some mediator-languages that have been important in borrowing from Japanese, as well as well as existing variation within the same loan-word. A glossary appendix introduces some of the Japanese loan-words attested in Bulgarian.

Библиография на контрастивни лингвистични изследвания немски – български (съвременни езици) I част: 1980–2005 г

Author(s): Emiliya Basheva,Lilia Burova / Language(s): Bulgarian,German Issue: 1/2016

Научна периодика 2013 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 27/2013

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archeology and art studies

Научни Форуми

Author(s): Nikola Kazanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 27/2013

Data about scientific events in the field of the humanities in Bulgaria in 2013

Książę Niezłomny? Jan Lechoń i polityka (po roku 1939)

Author(s): Paweł Sobczak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2013

The article focusses on Jan Lechoń’s political views after he emigrated to New York. These opinions could be found in literary works, as well as in letters and the Journal. The most important elements of political views of the author of Silver and black were: blatant anticommunism, critical assessment of the Polish emigration government, openly expressed admiration for America and nostalgia towards the interbellum (idealizing Józef Piłsudski). His views had a significant influence on his personal life, as exemplified by his politically motivated ending of his long-lasting friendship with Julian Tuwim. One of the most important issues is where to classify Lechoń’s often expressed opposition towards the political changes in Poland among the reasons for his suicide.

ПАНАИТ ИСТРАТИ. НА ИЗТОК ОТ ЗАПАДА И НА ЗАПАД ОТ ИЗТОКА

Author(s): Gergana Nacheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

The proposed text interprets the incriminated from totalitarianism book of Panait Istrati „Confessions of a defeated” and his political reorientation from left to right. It shows his deep disappointment from Stalinist Russia, too.

Rozmowa jako aproksymacja

Author(s): Kinga Piotrowiak-Junkiert / Language(s): Polish Issue: 06/2014

The text is devoted to an analysis of the phenomenon of conversation. The author analyzes two volumes of interviews: Anka Grupińska’s "Still in a Circle", and "Izraeli szellem ma" by János Kőbányai, both of which explore the significance of talking about the Holocaust and the manner in which it can be done. The positions of the two writers demonstrate that on the map of post-Holocaust genres, one of the most important is the interview/conversation, which allows one to view another’s untouchable history and experience it without disturbing it.

Замфира Михаил на 75 години

Author(s): Vasilka Aleksova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 27/2013

Helmut Schaller, Rumjana Zlatanova (Hg.). Deutsch-Bulgarischer Kultur- und Wissenschaftstransfer.Mit Bibliographien zur „Bulgaristik in Deutschland“ und zur „Glagolica des Slavenlehrers Konstantin-Kyrill“

Author(s): Spartak Paskalevski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 27/2013

Периодика 2014 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 28/2014

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archeology and art studies

Чествания по случай 200 години от рождението на И. И. Срезневски в Русия

Author(s): Tatyana Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 28/2014