“A PRIEST WITHOUT A TEMPLE, A TRAVELER FACING MANY ROADS, A PILGRIM WITHOUT RELIGION” (Vasil Pundev and Theodor Trayanov)

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This article presents three texts by the talented, early departed critic Vasil Pundev, who closely followed the creative manifestations of Theodor Trayanov and his contemporary poets and prose writers and reflected on them on the pages of the Democratic Review and in his book Bulgarian Ly-rics of Today. Pundev’s critical view is deep and analytical, his tone is sharp, his conclusions are aguemented in detail, with almost mathematical precision, with the analysis of verse and composition also branching out into a psycho-archaeology of an imagined poet’s self. In his observations on Trayanov’s poetics, Vasil Pundev takes a specific approach, deriving his positive perception of the poet from critical comments that are mostly negative in their content.


Alexandra Antonova

“A PRIEST WITHOUT A TEMPLE, A TRAVELER FACING MANY ROADS, A PILGRIM WITHOUT RELIGION” (Vasil Pundev and Theodor Trayanov)

  • PAGE RANGE: 207 - 214
    БРОЙ СТРАНИЦИ: 8
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    YEAR: КНИГА 6
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    PUBLISHER: INSTITUTE FOR LITERATURE
    ISSN (Print): 2738-7631
    ISSN (Online): 2815-2999

    • Alexandra Antonova
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      • INVERSION: Antonova, Alexandra
      • E-MAIL: [email protected]
      • INSTITUTION: Institute for Literature – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
      • COUNTRY: Bulgaria
      • WEB OF SCIENCE: AAC-1897-2022
      • Александра Антонова е литературовед, специалист по нова българска литература, доцент в Института за литература – БАН. Автор на монографиите „Чавдар Мутафов – в търсене на художествения лик“ (2011) и „Константин Константинов: възможности на разпознаването и себеразпознаването“ (2015), както и на отделни изследвания върху творчеството на Чавдар Мутафов, Димитър Димов, Никола Вапцаров, Светослав Минков, Боян Дановски, Борис Христов, Кирил Кръстев, Борис Шивачев, Златомир Златанов, Михалаки Георгиев и др., на рецензии и научно-приложни статии.

  • “A PRIEST WITHOUT A TEMPLE, A TRAVELER FACING MANY ROADS, A PILGRIM WITHOUT RELIGION” (Vasil Pundev and Theodor Trayanov)
    ABSTRACT

    This article presents three texts by the talented, early departed critic Vasil Pundev, who closely followed the creative manifestations of Theodor Trayanov and his contemporary poets and prose writers and reflected on them on the pages of the Democratic Review and in his book Bulgarian Ly-rics of Today. Pundev’s critical view is deep and analytical, his tone is sharp, his conclusions are aguemented in detail, with almost mathematical precision, with the analysis of verse and composition also branching out into a psycho-archaeology of an imagined poet’s self. In his observations on Trayanov’s poetics, Vasil Pundev takes a specific approach, deriving his positive perception of the poet from critical comments that are mostly negative in their content.