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„JUST ONE MORE WALTZ WITH YOU“ – MUSICAL REFERENCES IN F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S NOVEL “THE GREAT GATSBY”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The musical layer embedded in some of the works of the American writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald has attracted the curiosity of scholars and has been a central
object of research since the second half of the 20th century. This ...
THE FIGURE OF THE HOMUNCULUS IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT LABORATORY: FAILED EXPERIMENT OR EMBODIMENT OF THE ETERNAL STRIVE TO BE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The present paper examines the figure of the Homunculus and its literal and
allegorical perceptions in the famous Goethe's tragedy “Faust”. In general, it focuses
on two of the most important interpretations of the figure: ...
THE DEMONIC PRESENCE IN KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOV'S “SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
This paper focuses on Konstantin Konstantinov’s short story – “Seven
o’clock in the morning”, published for the first time in the homonymous collection
from 1940. The paper’s subjects are the demonic outlook of the ...
“THE WONDERS OF EUROPEAN CULTURE” – A SALVATION FOR “THE NAIVE CHILDREN”: MOTIF IN GERMAN COLONIAL LITERATURE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
This paper gives an overview of the most common motives in German colonial
literature. Colonial literature is often understood to mean all literature
from the colonial period. In this analysis, however, a distinction is ...
DEATH AND EROTISM IN THE SHORT STORY “THE CRIMSON CURTAIN” BY D'AUREVILLY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The current paper aims to make an analysis of the death-erotism line in the
short story “The Crimson Curtain” by Barbey d'Aurevilly, which is situated in
two perspectives. Firstly, in the figure of the main character, ...
ONE ALMOST CONTEMPORARY ALMOST “VITA”. ALEXEI KARAMAZOV AS A HAGIOGRAPHER
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The purpose of the paper is to examine the vita of Zosima from the novel
“The Brothers Karamazov” as a non-canonical or modernized version of this medieval
genre, and for this purpose it was “extracted/torn off” from the ...
THE TRAGEDY IN THE NOVEL. A READING OF “FRANKENSTEIN” THROUGH ARISTOTLE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The paper aims to explore how Aristotle's concepts of tragedy can be
transferred to the study of epic narrative to discover new fields of interpretation
of the novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus". The protagonist ...
THE MONOMANIA OF A MOON FOR FREEDOM. ALBERT CAMUS, “CALIGULA” [4.14]
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The text focuses on the last scene of the fourth act of the play “Caligula”
(1944) by Albert Camus, whose aim is to function as an example through which
to introduce the discourse of absurdism insisted upon by Camus, and ...
THE NOVEL „BLOOD“ – BETWEEN THE IDEOLOGICAL ROTTENNESS AND HUMANISM
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
The main aim of the current study is to follow the critical reviews of Konstantin
Konstantinov’s novel “Blood” during the 1930s. Due to the dramatic political
events taking place throughout the decade in Bulgaria the ...
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (A CHARACTER STUDY ON IVANKA RUMENOVA FROM DIMITAR TALEV’S NOVEL „THE BELLS OF PRESPA“)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17)
This study delves into the intricacies of one key character, Ivanka Rumenova,
in the novel “The Bells of Prespa.” Emphasis is placed on her distinctive
traits, revealing socio-psychological and ideological nuances. The ...