THE DEMONIC PRESENCE IN KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOV'S “SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING”

Abstract

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 nameless city and its interaction with the nameless female figure, who finds herself within the boundaries of the mysterious urban space in times of crisis with the goal of rediscovering and self-understand herself. The interpretation outlines the mechanisms through which the city acquires its new demonic appearance, all while suggesting and summarizing the city’s possible identification as well as presenting a reconstructed route of the main character through the urban space.