V. Shklovsky

04/11/2022

pp. 143-150
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ISSN 2738-7631 (Print) • ISSN 2815-2999 (Online) • Institute for Literature

Novel-epic potential of “Baj Ganyu”

  • ABSTRACT

    Article discusses the thesis of the novel character of Bai Ganyu, one of the most mysterious works in Bulgarian literature, which is commonly read as a cyclic collection of short stories/fеuilletons. Here the novel-epic potential in the work is argued mainly in the “vertical“, historicalgenealogical aspect, in the traditions of romance. In parallel, the article included in the theoretical debate on the essence of the novel genre in general, using some ideas of Russian formalism, in particular V. Shklovsky.

    Keywords: Бай Ганю, роман/романовост, romance, роман, руски формализъм, Шкловски