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ON THE QUESTION OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CATEGORY PLAN (TAXIS) IN SPANISH AND BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)
The object of the present study is the morphological category of plan
(taxis) in modern Spanish and Bulgarian. The main purpose is to present the
opinion on the grammatical status of this category by making a comparison ...
RUINS: ON WALTER BENJAMIN`S PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)
The text focuses on the concept of language in the work of Walter
Benjamin, mainly in his seminal work “On Language as Such and on the
Language of Man” (1916) and in his later monograph “The Origin of the
German Baroque ...
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. ...
“TOBACCO” DIMITAR DIMOV AND “THE TREMBLING OF A LEAF: LITTLE STORIES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS” SOMERSET MAUGHAM – A TRIAL FOR A DIALOGUE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the dialogue between Dimitar
Dimov's novel “Tobacco” (1951) and Somerset Maugham's collection of short
stories “The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands”
(1921). ...
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 ...
THE ROLE OF TWO SYMBOLS IN VAPTSAROV’S POETRY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)
The current paper seeks to study the various uses of nature-related images
and symbols in the poetry of Nikola Vaptsarov. The Sun and the sky are
engaged in some of the paramount juxtapositions in Vaptsarov’s texts – ...
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 ...
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 ...
“PARADISE ISN'T FOR THE LIKES OF ME”1 OR THE AERIAL TOLL-HOUSES OF THE FOREIGNER IN THE EXISTANCE
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)
This paper aims to make an intertextual analysis of three short stories by
three Bulgarian authors: “Bae Mitar the Prophet” by Mihalaki Georgiev, “In the
Next World” by Elin Pelin and “Adventure in Paradise” by Svetoslav ...
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 ...