Browsing Verba iuvenium, Issue 3 (2021) by Title
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THE APPLICATION OF DOMESTICATION AND FOREIGNIZATION TRANSLATION STRATEGIES IN BULGARIAN–ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF IVAN VAZOV’S EPIC OF THE FORGOTTEN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The study offers an opportunity to examine and reflect on the problem of translating culture-specific items (CSIs) in the translation of poetry from a Slavic language (Bulgarian) into a Germanic language (English). ... -
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THOMAS WOLFE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL HERO THROUGH THE LENS OF HEIDEGGERIAN ONTOLOGY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)Southern author Thomas Wolfe’s ultimate goal was to create an epic that presents his America as seen through the eyes of an autobiographical character meant to represent all Americans, their lifestyle, their struggles, their ... -
THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS: ON A MAURICE BLANCHOT AND PAUL AUSTER CONNECTION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)This paper is an attempt to explore the literary connections between Paul Auster’s work and the French writer and thinker Maurice Blanchot through the analysis of one of Auster’s novels – The Book of Illusions. The themes ... -
THE EXCESSIVE INGENUITY OF CHATSKI. THE ABSENCE OF THE CHARACTER FROM “HERE“ AND “NOW”
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The present paper addresses the topic of social typification and the nature of the so-called Griboedov’s characters. The main conflict in Alexander Sergeevich Griboedov’s comedy Woe from Wit consists in the clash ... -
FICTION IN INTERACTIVE ENGLISH CLASSES AS A MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL SPACE UMANIZATION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The article is devoted to the issue of humanizing the process of teaching English by means of fiction. The author points out that over the past three decades, the use of fiction in teaching English as a foreign language ... -
FRAGMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE DEPICTION OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF CRIME IN BULGARIAN AND POLISH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)This paper presents fragments of the language depiction of the crime of human trafficking in Bulgarian and Polish. The theoretical part of the paper is based on the definition of world language depiction according to J. ... -
FROM FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE TO NOAM CHOMSKY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The subject of this paper is to compare the attitudes of Ferdinand de Saussure and Noam Chomsky about the nature of language, with reference to the thoughts of the linguists who preceeded them and who had the greatest influence ... -
THE GRAMMATICAL MORPHEME -H-/-SHIN BULGARIAN (HISTORICAL NOTES)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The article presents different undrstandings of distinguished linguists of the grammatical meaning of the morpheme -h-/sh- in Modern Bulgarian, Old Bulgarian and Proto-Slavic. The functional use of the verb forms that ... -
THE GREAT SORROW OF THE LITTLE MAN IN THE WORKS OF YORDAN YOVKOV AND SERGEY DOVLATOV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The topic of the little man has deep roots in the literary traditions of both Bulgaria and Russia. Although the image of a person pressed by circumstances, helpless before fate and surrounded by a hostile environment has ... -
LANGUAGE OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL SPEECH
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The paper deals with the issue of language and cultural interaction. The author studies the nature of culture and language, their mutual influence. The human worldview is considered a reflection of the language picture ... -
LITERATURE AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN IRAN BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The Iranian society under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) is a society in crisis, struggling to give birth to the man of modern times. A key factor in this process are the Iranian writers and intellectuals, who ... -
THE MANIPULATIVE ASPECT OF COGNITIVE METAPHORS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN POLITICAL SPEECHES
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The article presents an analysis of cognitive metaphors in the speech of contemporary Bulgarian politicians. This study aims to trace the way for the formation and functioning of the manipulative nature of cognitive ... -
MARINA TSVETAEVA – RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH MEMORY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The topic of this paper are the memories of colleagues and contemporaries of Marina Tsvetaeva, who outline the main points and aspects of her character as an artist. I also briefly point out the influence of the family ... -
THE MILITARY STORIES OF YORDAN YOVKOV AND YORDAN VALCHEV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The present study aims to briefly outline the continuity between the military stories of Yordan Yovkov and Yordan Valchev. It points out the similarities, differences and developments in certain aspects of the military stories ... -
MODELING OF SUBJECT WORLDS IN BIOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM. AN ESSAY ON BARIERATA (THE BARRIER) BY PAVEL VEZHINOV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)This paper aims to construct a theoretical model in order to allow us to rethink the concept of literary worlds. The basis of this attempt is the work of the biologist Jakob von Uexküll and his main idea of Umwelt. This ... -
MODELS FOR „BORDER” IN THE CHIFLIKAT KRAY GRANITSATA (FARM NEAR THE BORDER) BY Y. YOVKOV AND NA IZTOK OT ZAPADA (EAST OF THE WEST) BY M. PENKOV
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)Borders as an object of study are beginning to play an important role in postmodern political and social theories and cultural studies. In literature, all these aspects of the border can be used for the derivation of an ... -
THE MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL AND THE ISSUE OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION (IZOBRETATELYAT BY BORIS SHIVACHEV)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)In the article, we rely on certain psychoanalytical terms (unconscious mind, homosexuality, bisexuality, self-reflection, negation) to examine how their usage in fiction adds to the understanding of the complexity of the ... -
NEGATIVE CHARACTER TRAITS FOUND IN VERBAL DERIVATIVES IN TURKISH AND BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The category Nomina agentis, differentiated in the word formation system of the Turkish and Bulgarian languages, is an important sociolinguistic category with a strong anthropocentric nature. The structural core of the ... -
NOMINA ABSTRACTA OF -IѤ IN THE OLD BULGARIAN TRANSLATION OF ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM’S CATHECHISM (GIM. SYN. 478)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The present study examines the nouns with the form -Iѥ in the Cathechism of St. Cyril of Jerusalem. (GIM, Syn. 478). The excerpted material from Syn. 478 comprises 86 nouns of -ü¬/-è¬ – (53 simplex and 33 compound nouns), ... -
ON THE FORMANTS WHICH TAKE PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE “PRESENT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE“ IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)The following paper is a part of a bigger study, the subject of which is the “present passive participle”, or the deverbative forms with the suffix -m in Contemporary Bulgarian. The aim of this research is to examine the ...