Initially, the article brings together two areas. The first is thematic: attention is paid to some, albeit discreet, glimpses of current, topical, acutely political issues in Radichkov’s fiction prose from the 1960s–1970s. But even more important is the second – the poetic one: the techniques through which the political theme enters the narrative. It is here that the concept of autotextuality is introduced as a key operational concept. From here on, we proceed to examine the ways in which it operates in Radichkov’s prose. Two such forms are examined – of a folkloric and a specifically literary type, with the emphasis on the latter. The “soft”, veiled, elusive subversion of this technique is examined on a two-fold level: first, in relation to the ideological norms of the era, and second – in relation to literary (linguistic) norms.
AUTOTEXTUALITY IN RADICKOV’S FICTION
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- NAME: Plamen Antov
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INSTITUTIONInstitute for Literature – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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COUNTRYBulgaria
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PLAMEN ANTOV (1964). Prof. DSc, Institute for Literature – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, poet, writer. Author of more than 200 scientific publications and several monographic studies: on Bulgarian postmodernism (2010, 2016), Yavorov and Botev (2009), Emilian Stanev and Martin Heidegger (2019–21), „До Чикаго и назад” [To Chicago and Back] and Bai Ganyu (2021), the Bulgarian Revival and Western Modernity (2024), as well as 15 books of poetry, short stories, plays and fragments. Compiler of the scientific collections: „Америките ни 1: Южна Америка и българската литература, български следи в Латинска Америка” [Our Americas 1: South America and Bulgarian Literature, Bulgarian Traces in Latin America] (2015), „Америките ни 2: САЩ като метафора на модерността. Българо-американски отражения (ХХ–ХХІ в.)” [Our Americas 2: The USA as a metaphor of modernity. Bulgarian-American Reflections (19th–20th Centuries)] (2017), „Магическият реализъм” / Magical Realism (2019). Winner of national awards for poetry, drama and essay prose.
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