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The before mentioned work analyzes critiques of translations in the context of Italian translation literature in the period from the Liberation of Bulgaria 1878 to 1989 and makes a commentary on the understanding of translation, translation editing, translation techniques and the link between translation and ideology on the basis of Daria Karapetkova’s book “The boot in Bulgarian literature fashion”. It also makes a commentary on the observations of critiques on translations from Russian language based on empirical data from Russian classical literature. The author of the work gives her own suggestions on how to give accurate critique on translations and what should be avoided.
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This article presents Dr. Petar Beron’s hobby finding etymologies for native and loan words. It highlights his skill in creating weird and sensational etymologies.
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The article examines two patericon manuscripts texts from the library of Zograf monastery – № 406 and № 407. They are the work of the scholar Irinarh worked in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. The manuscripts contain texts copied from two other manuscripts from Zograf and scholar notes, which are published here. Attached is the text of manuscript № 406, which tells about the famous Iviron icon „Holy Mother Panagia Portaritsa“.
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The article analyzes the rare Old Bulgarian word сътѫгъ as a translation of Greek σύνδεσμος (Hab. 2:11, variant reading). As far as the Hebrew original contains a hapax with undefined meaning, Old Bulgarian translation is viewed as dependent on Greek patristic sources and not LXX original. The reasons for the rarity of стѫгъ are questioned.
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This contribution presents, analyzes and comments one of the best recent European novels on diplomacy Mission London by Alek Popov. The author sets in the fable diplomatic life at the Bulgarian Embassy in London in the mid-nineties of the previous century. In his interesting, satirical and dynamic novel he merges aspects of comedy, novel and criminal story, and offers a representative picture of diplomatic life in the receiving state. The novel includes the majority of most important diplomatic elements like: the arrival and beginning of the work of the new Ambassador, daily working rhythm, habits and psychology of diplomatic work, relations between diplomats and administrative-technical staff as well as with colleagues in the foreign ministry at home, international conferences, contacts with diaspora, and intrigues and connections with politicians at home. Hence we claim in this paper that the book presents a mini handbook of diplomatic practice. The novel is important, comprehensive and substantial contribution to understanding diplomacy, diplomats and their work, although some parts of the text contain certain exaggerations for the sake of the attractive style.
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The text attempts to point out the main contributions of Alek Popov’s writing both in terms of the development of contemporary Bulgarian literature and the interest he provoked in translators of Bulgarian literature. The most important characteristics of Popov’s handwriting – convertibility, multilayeredness, humour, satire, irony, and skill in plotting – are also pointed out. Special attention is paid to his rehabilitation of the genre of the short story, as well as some of his cult novels – Mission London and the two-volume work on the Palaveevi sisters.
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The proposed article is dedicated to the literary theorist, methodologist, teacher Prof. Alexander Panov. The text examines part of his scientific production, with the main focus being on his latest book “Yordan Yovkov – the art of storytelling”, which examines in a theoretical aspect the latest theoretical positions related to narratology. Some of his analyzes Prof. Al. Panov offered to the magazine “Bulgarian Language and Literature” – “Albena”, “Indje” – so the basis of the book was already laid in the main methodical edition. Emphasis is placed on genre purity, which the researcher insists on, and the theoretical statement that the reader is an active figure in the act of reception, a part of the communicative process creating the literary work, is followed. The main problem is dialogicity, which must be achieved and the feeling of relative freedom in this communication in order for it to become co-communication and co-existence.
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The text offers an overview of the development and state of Bulgarian literary and theoretical thought in the last fifty years. It traces the schools, conceptual ideas, and traditions in the study of literature over an ambitious half-century span of time, featuring biographical texts by contributing literary theorists and connoisseurs of literary poetics and stylistics. Specific analyzes of works from Bulgarian and world literary classics are also proposed, illustrating the directions and trends in the development of Bulgarian literary and scientific thought. The main representatives from several generations of literary theorists, known not only to Bulgaria, but also to Europe and the world, have been selected. The concrete results are outlined, as well as the perspectives in the development of literary theory in Bulgaria and in general – the future of literary poetics and stylistics in the world of new media and the changed receptive and creative realities.
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The following article offers a possible reading of the cycle “Under the Monastery Vine” by Elin Pelin as a kind of literary re-incarnation of the medieval genre patericon, also known as “exampla”. Elin Pelin’s text is as well placed in the wider context of the phenomenon of “medievalism” in order to set a direction for interpreting both the phenomenon and the specific literary text.
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The following text explores Elin-Pelin’s novel “Jan Bibiyan. The Amazing Adventures of a Kid” in relation to diabolism. Although it is defined as literature for children, the novel bears many of the characteristics most typical of diabolic literature. This paper discovers and analyzes these features in order to offer an additional and unusual reading of the book. In doing so, the article, on the one hand, examines the extent to which the novel can be conceived only as a children's book, and, on the other, demonstrates that Elin Pelin is an author who can also be considered as part of the dynamics of the interwar period in Bulgarian literature.
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This study examines the debut collection of short stories by the Bulgarian writer Angel Karaliychev in the context of the interwar ideological upheavals, as a result of which the latter acquired ambiguous evaluations in post-war Marxist criticism. The analysis of the stories aims at placing them in a broader ideological context, shying away from political definitions, without ignoring their undeniable leftist slant. The chosen interpretative angle establishes Angel Karaliychev as a writer with a distinctly mythographic approach to the evaluation of the tragic events of September 1923, which were a central point of development in the writer's creative path, as well as in that of many other writers of leftist persuasion.
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The article tries to read Emilia Dvoryanova’s seventh novel – a book that is very different from her previous ones and that uses new language and imagery. The novel introduces us to a dystopian and post-realistic world. Is this a magical dystopia? Is it a metaphor for the search, for the journey to the Other and to Oneself? For the re-creation of the world, which has already become impossible and does not give birth to anything. About the rebirth of language and its use not only to explain being, but also to create world and meaning. A different postmodern novel, filled with biblical intertextuality and a transcendental reading of the world.
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The article examines the influence of symbolist aesthetics on the poetry of Hristo Smirnenski. The author combines the high stylistics of symbolism with the social theme – this is how the exquisite expression decorates the stories of social outsiders (urban tyrants, soldiers, prostitutes, street musicians). The poet calls them “children of the city” and portrays them in contrast with another type of social character – Homo Faber, the people of production (workers, blacksmiths, stonemasons, charcoal burners). These are the two types of city characters. The first one is called a swashbuckling hero and represents the victim – poor, sick, blind, and hungry, while the second one is the person of struggle – the person of rebellion who is ready to transform the “old world”. One of the greatest strengths of Smirnenski’s poetry is its expression of pathos, which is not only loaded with social density, but also adorned with striking and complex epithets. The fictional universe of this young author is replete with recurring elements of symbolism – nocturnal or mostly evening landscapes, strange topoi, glamorous shop windows, mournful music, fiery looks, etc. Additionally, the works are characterized by the typical of Smirnenski brilliant poetic parody. He parodies everything – politics and politicians, love, human vices, etc. The article also draws attention to the reciting energy of Smirnenski’s poems, which is not generated by the literary qualities of the text, but by the emotion and expectation of the listener – in this case the category of the reader is missing.
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The authors present studies in the field of Bulgarian philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań against a broader background of the history of Slavic studies in Poznań. They discuss the journey leading to the establishment of Bulgarian studies (which is an opportunity to present the history of the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology) give a view of the current state of Bulgarian studies, and revisit the profiles of scientists important for the development of Bulgarian studies in Poznań. The text details the scientific achievements of Poznań Bulgarians and their active involvement in popularizing their academic field, and finally, presents cultural initiatives undertaken in recent years and cooperation with schools in the region.
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