Browsing Verba iuvenium, Issue 5 (2023) by Title
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ABOUT SOME “FALSE FRIENDS OF THE TRANSLATOR” IN GERMAN AND NORWEGIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)In this paper I present the research on 10 pairs of “false friends of the translator” in German and Norwegian, based on their Proto-Germanic etymology and the semantic changes that occurred as a result of the modern development ... -
ANIMAL REFERENCES IN BLAGA DIMITROVA’S NOVEL “LITSE”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The current paper analyses the animal references in the novel “Litse”. Up until now those animal references have not been noticed by the literary critics who have commented this novel. Animal references are used at two ... -
THE BEHEADING: SALOME’S GESTURE IN THE WORKS OF WILDE, MOREAU AND BEARDSLEY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The paper explores the problem of female subjectivity in nineteenthcentury literature and visual art, focusing on the figure of Salome in the play by Oscar Wilde and the paintings of Gustave Moreau and Aubrey Beardsley. ... -
BOREDOM CREATES DIABOLICAL DREAMS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The everyday life during the Modern period becomes a particularly researched and discussed topic. With all of its subtopics it provokes a new thinking about the ordinary person's life. As a result of the military period ... -
THE BULGARIAN ELATIVE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENTS IN MODERN GERMAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The focus of the present study is on the forms for the absolute superlative degree (elative) in two languages – Bulgarian and German. The degrees of comparison are inherent not only in all Slavic languages, but also in ... -
THE CRITIC AND HIS JOURNEY TOWARDS “ODYSSEUS”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The following report examines some of Toncho Zhechev’s critical explorations of the 1960s. The work analyzes papers in three thematic fields – Bulgarian authors (of the decade in question) and their works, works by ... -
DARIO FO ON THE BULGARIAN SCENE – RESEARCH TRAJECTORIES AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The text presents the research trajectories that the topic “Dario Fo on the Bulgarian stage” sets in the process of its research. Three analytical perspectives have been adopted – biographical, artistic and receptive. ... -
DESCRIPTION OF THE -M/-EM DEVERBATIVES IN THE BULGARIAN GRAMMATICAL STUDIES AFTER THE BULGARIAN ORTOGRAPHY REFORM IN 1945 UNTIL NOWADAYS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The paper continues a previous study on the same topic which marked the main periods in the research of the present passive participles in the Bulgarian grammatical tradition from the middle of 19th to the middle of 20th ... -
DISTRIBUTION OF THE DIRECT EVIDENCE FORMS FROM THE TYPE SHTE PISHEH, SHTESHE DA PISHA, SHTE BYAH PISAL, SHTESHE DA SAM PISAL
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The paper deals with the problem of the distribution of the positive relative direct evidence future forms from the type ще пишех, щеше да пиша, ще бях писал, щеше да съм писал in Modern Bulgarian. The use of the ... -
HOW THE RELIGIOUS AND THE SCIENTIFIC INTERACT? (PETAR BERON – „THE FLOOD, HIS REASON, ACTION AND CONSEQUENCE”)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The purpose of this paper is to help us to acquire a better understanding of one of the great geniuses of the Bulgarian Renaissance who is mostly famous for his Fish Primer (1824). However, Petar Beron had built up ... -
HOW TO BECOME A WRITER? GEORGI RAKOVSKI AND PETKO SLAVEYKOV. THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES OF AUTOREPRESENTATION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The aim of this paper is to throw a new light over the oeuvres of Georgi Rakovski and Petko Slaveykov who are among the first during the Bulgarian Renaissance, and who begin to bring diversity into their writing. It is ... -
HOW TO INCREASE THE MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL?
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)Motivation in the educational process represents a whole series of activities. The key concept is the motive – it is a certain direction of the students’ educational activity, which is connected with their attitude towards ... -
IN SEARCH OF THE LOST WORDS OR ON THE FILLING OF GAPS IN THE TEXT OF HRELYO’S EPITAPH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of examination in the present report is the Hrelyo’s tomb inscription. The purpose of this work is to restore an obscure abbreviation in the text and to comment and correct several inaccuracies that have ... -
IN THE PARADOXICAL WORLD OF SHADOWS (SHADOWS BY YAVOROV – MOTIFS AND PROBLEMS)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)This paper aims to outline the main motifs and problems of the famous poem by Yavorov – “Senki” (“Shadows”). This is done through analyzing the poem as if it is a visual art work rather than a literary one and through ... -
LEXICAL DEVICES FOR EXPRESSING IMPERATIVE MOOD IN BULGARIAN AND RUSSIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)This paper focuses on some of the peripheral modifiers in the field of the morphological category of mood in Bulgarian and Russian, and in particular, the lexical devices used to express imperativity. The comparative ... -
MAJOR AND MAYOR – ON TWO ‘TRUTHS’ IN HARDY’S NOVELS (BASED ON A READING OF HIS OWN PREFACES)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper offers a reading of the prefaces to Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet Major (1880) and The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886). We focus mainly on the former novel and use the latter as a point of reference. In this ... -
THE MONSTROUS DOUBLE. THE TAILORS’ DUMMIES OF BRUNO SCHULZ
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper examines Bruno Schulz’s short story “Treatise on Tailors’ Dummies or The Second Book of Genesis” by mapping out the broader tradition of writings concerning automata with initial focus being on ... -
NESHO BONCHEV: THE AESTHETE AS AN ARTIST
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The present paper examines Nesho Bonchev, a Bulgarian critic, in a contemporary discourse beyond the general aspects of literary historiography. It is important to appreciate N. Bonchev’s ability to think critically, for ... -
OBSERVATIONS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ABBREVIATED INFINITIVE IN THE MODERN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The subject of the present study is the abbreviated infinitive in Modern Bulgarian – a language form that is not actively used, occurs in certain functional styles, and is not stylistically neutral. Our interest in the ... -
ON THE MATTER OF THE GRAMMATICALIZATION OF THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE IN BULGARIAN THROUGH THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)The object of the current study concerns the morphological category of determination in Bulgarian, English and Italian. More specifically, the paper deals with the unmarked member of the category – indefiniteness, and ...