„Змейова сватба“ на Петко Ю. Тодоров и „Горска песен“ на Леся Украинка

Author(s): Tsvetana Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article takes a view over the typological similarity of the play „Dragon's wedding“ (a work with highlighted decorative and secession elements) by the Bulgarian writer Petko J. Todorov and the dramatic fairy-tale „Forest Song“ (attributed to the works of neo-romanticism) by the Ukrainian writer Lessya Ukrainka for the first time. It doesn't analyze the direct dependence of the two works, but their typology – the parallel use by Todorov and Lessya Ukrainka of the chromatic code, natural topographies (mountain, landscape, lake, forest, cave), vegetative symbolism, kissing and simil., centered around the image of the Woman and the general concept of the authors for „aesthetics“ in the art.

България и българите в съвременната сръбска представа (наблюдения над студентската рецепция на българска литература, над студентски текстове по български език)

Author(s): Antoaneta Alipieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The problem of the reception of one literature within another is complex – it is linguistic, traditional-cultural, situational-cultural, political, aesthetic. Foreign literature is seldom reciprocated solely for aesthetic reasons, it is seldom reciprocated also for market reasons. Market niches are usually a chance for major cultures such as Russian, French, English, etc., which have strong advertising, languages used around the world, ie. they are cultural colonizers. Small languages and cultures need strong support from the original culture, which needs to develop special tools to promote and translate small literatures. This is usually done by funding transfers from foundations or programs of the country of origin. And since we are talking about Bulgarian literature, it has a different reception everywhere, because the cultural situations in which it fits are different.

Предопределеното послание (Mисия сред свои)

Author(s): Bisera Dakova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The text describes a peculiar situation in teaching: one teaches one's fellow countrymen their native literature abroad - an instruction that is in principle intended for foreigners. What is the result? What accents are set in the image of classical Bulgarian literature, what needs are to be considered in this strange teaching? How does the model of teaching change?

Списание „Кресчендо“: едно късче от пъзела на европейската авангардна културa

Author(s): Olga Saveska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

This article uncovers the elements of the avant-garde that are present in “Crescendo” magazine (1922) by synthesizing some of the most common aspects of avant-garde magazines and literature that emerge in Europe in the beginning of the 20th century. The aim of the research is not to list and interpret particular texts or reproductions published in “Crescendo”, but to showcase and prove the importance and the essence of this short-lived magazine for Bulgarian culture, as well as for the history of the European avant-garde – a puzzle that still appears to be incomplete.

„Вътре и между два свята“ (Кадзуо Ишигуро „Бледият изглед към хълмовете” и „Остатъкът от деня“)

Author(s): Magdalena Kostova-Panayotova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

The article studies two novels of one of the cross-cultural writers Kazuo Ishiguro – A pale view of hills (1982) and The remains of the day (1989). Way before he received his Nobel prize in 2017, Ishiguro has already been acknowledged internationally and his novels have been translated in many languages all over the world, winning literary awards. His novel The remains of the day (1989) was adapted into an Oscar nominated film with a cast full of well-known stars. The movie was nominated in 8 categories. Important themes in Ishiguro’s works are the return to the past, the memory, the search for signs and personal identity, the discursive crossing of boundaries and cultural narratives. In this space, which is ‘somewhere inside and in-between two worlds’, values and structures are reassessed, the history of the past is restructured and all of this happens from the viewpoint of the alienated narrator. Ishiguro's novels represent a meta-text with respect to Western stereotypes of the East and „Japanese“, which have their roots in Japanese culture itself, but conceive of it ambivalently. Likewise, the novel The remains of the day is a metatext concerned with the phenomenon of „Englishness“ which exists on many levels in the work’s structure, but this recognition of the „English novel” is again in the zone of hybrid mentality.

Творческа лаборатория „Текстът Георги Марков“

Author(s): Diyana Boeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

In October, 2019, the School Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (StudyBAS) announced a competition for creating small study-research communities (SSRC) within the framework of the program “Education and Science” financed by the Ministry of Education and Science and performed by BAS. The project made by the teacher of Bulgarian Language and Literature, Diyana Boeva from “Geo Milev” Foreign Languages High School – Dobrich, ”Creative laboratory “Georgi Markov as Text” – has been approved among over eighty project proposals from the entire country. This article showcases aspects of the concrete plan of the Laboratory, examines some challenging opportunities for the school students related to the development of their analytical skills so necessary for studying science. Thus, we overcome the stereotype that the literary field is an unattainable abstraction unrelated to science. Four students with their teacher prove that the name Georgi Markov is appropriate not only for a projection of a research community, but is also a way of legitimizing the humanities in times when purposefully or not the STEM education is being regarded in opposition to studia humanitatis.

Ценности и поведения в няколко новели от "Декамерон" на Джовани Бокачо

Author(s): Angel Angelov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

The aim of the text is to historically contextualize Decameron and to analyse the motives for certain behaviour of the characters in several of the novels. The author tries to outline some more general social values, which determine the personal behaviour. Decameron is referred to such events as the famine in 1346 – 1347; it fosters the plague in 1348, and to the changing socio-psychological situation from the end of the 1340-ies in Florence. An answer is sought to a question, topical for our contemporary society as well: what is the sense of security of the inhabitants in the town-republic in the 1340-ies and the beginning of the 1350-ies? The irresistible vitality in Decameron, most frequently expressed in intimacy of the bodies, is considered an effect of the sense of insecurity, which reigns both minds and hearts at the time of the plague pandemic. The value of life is enhanced and the experience of love makes this value tangible. A reference is made to the fabliau from the 13th c. and to The Romance of the Rose. In Decameron is present, although in an idealized form, the actual background of the republican government of Florence.

Авторската музикa в популярните видеоигри

Author(s): Teodor Penev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2020

Original music plays a leading role in many popular video games. Although it's not always the best solution for all titles, developers often resort to the services of experienced composers to create an original soundtrack that fits the atmosphere of the game. But this is not the only role of original music in video games, and sometimes it’s creators are not experienced composers, but gamers themselves

Проектно ориентираното обучение като метод за развиване на комуникативната компетентност на учениците от гимназиалните образователни етапи

Author(s): Stoyka Chakarovа / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2020

This presentation offers a methodological solution for the development of communicative competence of students in 8-12. class in a vocational high school, related to the implementation of an interdisciplinary project involving interaction with institutions, companies, organizations and people outside the educational institution. Its potential for supporting the teaching of Bulgarian language (and other academic disciplines) is analyzed; for the development of the student's personality in psychological, behavioral and value plan; for its socialization; to improve communicative, social and linguistic competence. The conclusions are based on project-oriented activities conducted in natural conditions of authentic communication, and observations made in the process of its implementation.

Служебни досиета на Боян Пенев, Тодор Боров, Александър Балабанов, Константин Гълъбов и Стоян Каролев в Университетския архив на СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“

Author(s): Alexandra Antonova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2020

Cityscapes in Zadie Smith’s NW

Author(s): Andreia Irina Suciu,Mihaela Culea / Language(s): English Issue: 25/2020

The article focuses on the manner in which the space of the city is employed in Zadie Smith’s NW so as to reveal not only a cosmopolitan map of contemporary London, but also to draw a map of the journey of the contemporary individual in finding himself/herself. Smith adopts in NW an experimental manner of introducing the contemporary individual in a strongly cartographied space both at the level of the city and at the level of the body of the text. Thus, through the space of North West London, the author speaks about family, social class, (inter-racial, marital) relationships, (complying or not with) gender roles (and dealing with the defiance against such roles), mobility (at the level of the cityscapes and at the level of the mindscapes), community and possibilities (and impossibilities) of belonging.

За възрожденските разговорници: рецепция и спомоществователи

Author(s): Diana Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The object of research in this article is the phenomenon of sponsorship in Bulgarian book printing during the Revival, and more specifically in the bilingual phrasebooks. An overview of the printed phrasebooks during the Renaissance is presented, with a focus mainly on French-Bulgarian phrasebook by Ivan Naydenov of 1858, which established itself as a classic example of the genre. Data from a similar study highlights issues related to the Bulgarians' interest in learning foreign languages, their preferences for a particular language and the textbooks through which it is studied, their reception and sponsors.

Стихотворенията в проза на Христо Смирненски

Author(s): Aleksandar Hristov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The article examines Hristo Smirrnenski’s prose poetry. It aims to discuss and remind us about some of his half-forgotten works, to outline their main themes and ideas, the characteristics of the poet’s poetics, but also to discuss the genre specificities, the heterogeneity of the works, the essence of the genre, the process of marking the texts, their interpretation through the prism of literary multiplicity.

Еротизации на женските коси в цикъла „Царици на нощта“ на П. К. Яворов

Author(s): Boryana Vladimirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The article examines the image of women's hair in Yavorov's poetic cycle "Queens of the Night". The focus is on the poems “Cleopatra” and “Sappho”. They analyze the erotic symbolism that hair has. The text also outlines the dialogue between the Yavorov’s cycle and the cycle "Queens of the Night" by Kiril Hristov, mentioning similarities between the two poetic cycles. The image of “Cleopatra” is also traced in the works of poets Emanuil Popdimitrov and Lyudmil Stoyanov. The article very briefly marks the genesis of Bulgarian erotic poetry, as well as the apologization of women's hair in Yavorov's poetry, which are most vividly presented in his poem "Sappho".

Страшни истории в градските легенди в чешки и български контекст

Author(s): Rosina Kokudeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article offers a study of horror stories in urban legends from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic in comparative aspect. It proposes a specific classification, which groups horror stories as follows: 1) mysterious events and encounters with supernatural beings, which neither harm, nor help the participants; 2) omens or encounters with supernatural beings, which cause death or other harm to the participants; 3) mysterious signs or encounters with supernatural beings, which help people; 4) evocation of spirits; 5) crime stories: murders or harm – with or without deliberate intention; 6) rumours; 7) parodic horror stories. Parallels drawn between particular stories from the two countries point to the existence of a common folkloric substratum that manifests their universal character and international distribution. Largely, the motifs in those stories result from social life and specific social practices of modern times, but some also have deeply archaic origins.

Анатол Анчев. Лудостта в българския фолклор. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2018

Author(s): Petya Bankova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

Book review

За ранните преводи на разказите на Йордан Йовков и тяхната рецепция в полския културен контекст

Author(s): Galia Simeonova-Konach / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

This article is devoted to the first translations of Yordan Yovkov's stories in Poland and some problems related to the reception of translated literature in a foreign cultural environment. The works of the Bulgarian writer in the mentioned period were published in Polish magazines with an orientation towards the so-called women's topics. Their literary supplements published novels and short stories by the world's most famous authors at the time and were intended for adherents of women's emancipation, with broad intellectual horizons and good literary taste. The choice of specific works by Yordan Yovkov makes it possible to assess the literary reception and the dominant aesthetic norms in the host culture and literature. The article also analyzes the issues of language and poetics of the text, as well as the attempts of several generations of Polish translators to "overcome" the difficulties of the style and poetics of Yovkov's work.

Интертекстуални мотивни гнезда при интерпретация на темата „Обществото и Властта“ от учебното съдържание по литература за XI клас

Author(s): Stefka Karaivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

This article aims to interpret the intertextual motive nests on the Society and Government topic – part of the curriculum in literature for 11th grade, combining texts from compulsory and specialized training, module Dialogic Readings. The artistic interactions between the literary texts included in the curriculum and those that are outside it are considered in order to highlight the dialogic nature of literature as a special type of cultural significance. Based on the specific interpretive commentary are highlighted the leading problem-thematic lines, which would become the basis for effective educational work.

Новите учебници по литература за ІХ клас от съдържателна и дидактико-методическа гледна точка

Author(s): Valentin Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

Through comparative and content analysis, the article discusses the ways in which Byron's poem "Don Juan" is presented in the new textbooks for ninth grade. Numerous explanations and references, as well as the unusual for the myth of Don Juan choice of the obligatory for study of Chapter VIII, require from the authors of the textbooks very careful handling of the scientific and didactic-methodical apparatus. When an approach in accordance with the literary experience of ninth-graders is not chosen, the study articles have a low informative value. The known discrepancies in the analyzed motives make it difficult to compile tests that can be correctly solved by students using different textbooks. In some cases the tasks from the methodical part do not create skills for independent learning, but require repetition of what is written in the theoretical part. Textbooks fail to realize interdisciplinary connections

UNKNOWN 19th CENTURY ATHONITE POEM ABOUT A QUARREL FOR LAND AND CHOLERA

Author(s): Cyril Pavlikyanov / Language(s): English,Greek, Modern (1453-) Issue: 1/2021

The article analyses an Athonite poetical text which describes a conflict between the monasteries of Zographou and Chilandar over landed property situated inside the Holy Mountain. It refers to no place names, but pays special attention to the visit of a nameless Ottoman governor of Thessalonica, accompanied by the consuls of France, Russia and Austria, to Mount Athos. His intention was to solve the difference and to reconcile the two monasteries, but his efforts failed. He then granted a special document (ilam) to Zographou, and met an unnamed ex-patriarch of Constantinople in the monastery of Espigmenou. The authorized representatives of Zographou and Chilandar, Dositheos and Onouphrios, travelled to Constantinople in order to present the case to the sultan’s court, but during their stay in Istanbul cholera struck the city and the final decision was postponed until the end of the epidemy. Three Greek and two Turkish documents make it clear that Zographou and Chilandar were claiming the terrain of Giovantza on the northwest coast of Mount Athos as well as that the conflict was rather important for the two monasteries.