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RECURRENCE AND OCCURRENCE: ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER LORA KARAVELOVA’S DEATH
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
Different polemic conceptions from the 1980’s are considered in this text. There can be observed an ideological displacement of the problem of the intimate dramatic “story” of Lora and Yavorov in which their relations have ...
MYTHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF AMÉLIE NOTHOMB’S NOVELS: CREATION, DESTRUCTION AND RECREATION OF MYTHS
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
As part of a larger study of truth in the Amélie Nothomb’s novels, this text inquires into the presence of myth in these novels. Our analysis rests on Roland Barthes’ statement about the function of myth in order to expose ...
THE MEANINGS OF MARGINALITY IN THE THEATRE PLAY ÊTRE LÀ BY SYLVIANE DUPUIS
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
In this work I propose to analyze some meanings of Marginality in the theatre play Être là by Sylviane Dupuis, in particular the Marginality of the main hero who decides to leave his job and stay out in the street. In my ...
THE VOICE OF THE NARRATOR, THE FEMININE WAY: ROSE, MÉLIE, ROSE BY MARIE REDONNET
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
In this paper we carry out an analysis of the narrative voice in the novel by Marie Redonnet Rose, Mélie, Rose. We tackle this issue from three perspectives: the non-identity of the character Melie, the symbolism of the ...
M. M. BAKHTIN ON DEATH WHICH DELIVERS THE HERO
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
The paper focuses on Bakhtin’s perception of the function of “death” in the creative attitude of Author to Hero. It reveals the range of death’s validity, as well as (hypothetically) the consequences of this regarding ...
TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE IN WILLIAM GIBSON'S AND CORY DOCTOROW’S NOVELS THROUGH THE SCOPE OF PHYSICIST MICHIO KAKU
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
The present paper discusses how science-fiction authors William Gibson and Cory Doctorow predict technological future in their novels, respectively Neuromancer and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. A parallel is drawn ...
THE “UN-AMERICAN” ACTIVITIES OF VIKTOR SHARENKOV
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
While Viktor Sharenkov (1892-1963) is recognized as the first Bulgarian specialist in American literature appointed at the English Department of Sofia University in the late 1940s, his contribution to the local “inception” ...
INTERIM REPORT OF THE BULGARIAN SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL IGNORANCE
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
This presentation introduces the wit, wisdom, and weirdness of six contemporary Bulgarian writers: Stanislav Stratiev, Radoy Ralin, Emil Andreev, Ilko Dimitrov, Ivan Cholakov, and Vazken Nalbantian. It also introduces my ...
PROSE-FICTION ADAPTATIONS OF HOMER’S ILIAD FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (1878-1944): PROBLEMS OF THE RECEPTION
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
This article presents four adaptations of Homer’s Iliad for young readers within the period 1878-1944. The editions are prosified and abbreviated. In some of them there are many illustrations. The first book is an adaptation ...
THE PROCESSUS TALENTORUM (TOWNELEY XXIV) AND THE CULTURE OF LAUGHTER IN MEDIEVAL ENGLISH DRAMA
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)
This article examines the manifestations of macaronic style in medieval religious drama (“The Processus Talentorum”), in particular the comic and satiric effects of that style, the hypostases as an object of ridicule, the ...