The article addresses the period from the end of 1944 and the beginning of 1945 and focuses on the historical events impact on the fate of people from different social layers, as this reflection is recreated in the novels War by Yana Yazova and The Meek by Angel Igov. The central characters’ story in the two novels, who stand on both sides of the line that radically divided Bulgarian society after the Communists took power back on September 9, 1944, is traced. The psycho-emotional profiles of the characters and the narrative strategies, that are used to motivate their personal behavior, are analyzed. The characters’ fate is the basis on which readers are left to value the historical events. The article also emphasizes the narrative techniques, which consider the time distance of the writing in relation to the depicted events, so that the historical narrative is as close as possible to the truth.
THE MAN BETWEEN HISTORICAL VICISSITUDES AND PERSONAL CHOICE (ON TWO NOVELS ABOUT THE NINTH OF SEPTEMBER EVENTS AND AFTER THAT)
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- NAME: Penka Vatova
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INSTITUTIONInstitute of Literature – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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COUNTRYBulgaria
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Пенка Ватова е доктор по филология и доцент по нова и съвременна българска литература в Института за литература при БАН. Научните ѝ интереси са в областта на историята на българския литературен периодичен печат, проблематиката на българския пътепис и на съвременната българската поезия, културната идентичност на българите в диаспора. Автор е на книгите „Корените и короната (Списание „Хемус“ – между емблемите на малцинството и белезите на приобщаването)“ (2001; изд. и на унг. ез.) и „Идентичности. Литературни и културни образи на идентичността“ (2007).
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