https://lib.uni-plovdiv.net/handle/123456789/1237 2026-04-17T19:37:05Z https://lib.uni-plovdiv.net/handle/123456789/1268 MODELING OF THE MAN FROM THE ONE STATE IN THE NOVEL “WE” BY Y. ZAMYATIN Ananiev, Ivan; Ананиев, Иван The subject of this study is the portrayal of the human in the One State – his depersonalization and transformation into a means for achieving the “idealsˮ of a totalitarian society. The fictional world in the novel reflects the modern conception of the infinite mechanical Universe, governed solely by physical laws. Technological civilization introduces a mechanistic principle, hostile to humanity, and the means of manipulating human consciousness become ever more powerful and global. The idea of collectivism was born, which suppresses and destroys the individual, turning them into a “cogˮ in the vast mechanism of the State. The novel “Weˮ is a response to the total pressure of the ideological “monophonyˮ proclaimed by the Russian Revolution of 1917, and resonates with present dystopian literature, which warns: the danger of totalitarian regimes has not disappeared. 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z https://lib.uni-plovdiv.net/handle/123456789/1267 DESEMANTIZATION THE AESTHETICS OF DECADENCE IN “THE CRIMSON BOOK OF BLUSHING“ BY LYUBOMIR MILCHEV Nikolova, Silvia; Николова, Силвия The current paper aims to explore Lyubomir Milchev's “The Crimson Book of Blushingˮ (2018) through the possibility of approaching and pushing away from the models of decadent aesthetics, represented through the exemplary figure of Huysmans's Des Esseintes. The kinship of Dandy with decadence is constructed by virtue of the postmodern game, which relativize the order of existence. The use of Christian religious discourse and the rethinking of the modernistic solitude are key conceptual points. 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z https://lib.uni-plovdiv.net/handle/123456789/1266 MANIFESTATIONS OF NEOREALISM IN THE NOVELLA “ALIENATION” AND THE SCREENPLAY “A PEASANT ON A BICYCLE” BY GEORGI MISHEV Savov, Ivan; Савов, Иван The aim of this paper is to trace the influence of the aesthetics of Italian neorealism in cinema on two works by Georgi Mishev – the novella “Alienation” and the screenplay “A Peasant on a Bicycle”. The historical emergence and diverse influences on neorealism are outlined, as well as its specific features. The manifestations of neorealism in Georgi Mishev's work are studied – its characteristic cinematic quality, unadulteratedness, etc., as well as its interaction with the dogmas of socialist realism. 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z https://lib.uni-plovdiv.net/handle/123456789/1265 THE BLOOM OF THE DESERT. THE MATTER OF THE MISSION OF THE ARTIST IN THE NOVEL „THE GREEN GRASS OF THE DESERT“ BY DIKO FUCHEDZHIEV Biserov, Boris; Бисеров, Борис The current study emphasizes the role of the creator of arts and its paramount importance as a literary motif in the 1970s in Bulgarian literature. The paper is based upon the ambiguous message of the title of the novel, which can be interpreted either as a reference to an actual natural phenomenon, or as a metaphor of the main character’s life. Either way, there is a point of intersection where the two interpretations meet and which the study aims to explicit. The paper casts light on other narrative techniques, typical for the 1970s in Bulgaria, which can contribute to a further comprehension of the novel „The Green Grass of the Desert“. 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z