The study, in the first place, outlines the literary-historical context at the beginning of the 20th century in Bulgaria; provokes the first serious creative impulses in the field of Bulgarian children‘s and adolescent science fiction. Тhe study marks scientific and technical achievements and ideas which are important for bringing out the prognostic elements of science fiction and its educational role – to reveal not only the wonders of science, but to emphasize the attention and the responsibility that human being assumes (or not) for each new discovery. In the second and third part of the study, it examines the works of Emil Koralov and Elin Pelin. These texts are not just fundamental for the emergence and development of Bulgarian children‘s and adolescent science fiction, but also for tracing the progress/evolution of the fantastic image from the fairy tales to the science fiction, their convergence, through the texts of the authors.
THE PIONEERS OF BULGARIAN CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENT SCIENCE FICTION: EMIL KORALOV AND ELIN PELIN
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- 0000-0003-0109-972X
Елена Борисова
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- Институт за литература – Българска академия на науките
- България
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Елена Борисова е доктор по филология, главен асистент в Института за литература при БАН. Интересите ѝ са в областта на българската научна фантастика, психологията и съвременната българска литература. Завършила е българска филология в Нов български университет. Автор е на монографията „Фантастика и познание“ (2019), ръководител на проекта „Прагматизъм и въображение: футуристични посоки в българската научна фантастика в периода XX – XXI в.“, съставител на сборниците „Фантастика и бъдеще“, „Познание и трансхуманитарна р/еволюция“, „Българската литературна критика: позиции. Втора част“.
Abstract:The study, in the first place, outlines the literary-historical context at the beginning of the 20th century in Bulgaria; provokes the first serious creative impulses in the field of Bulgarian children‘s and adolescent science fiction. Тhe study marks scientific and technical achievements and ideas which are important for bringing out the prognostic elements of science fiction and its educational role – to reveal not only the wonders of science, but to emphasize the attention and the responsibility that human being assumes (or not) for each new discovery. In the second and third part of the study, it examines the works of Emil Koralov and Elin Pelin. These texts are not just fundamental for the emergence and development of Bulgarian children‘s and adolescent science fiction, but also for tracing the progress/evolution of the fantastic image from the fairy tales to the science fiction, their convergence, through the texts of the authors.
Subject: Literary Metamorphosis: Between Life and TextKeywords: българска научна фантастика, детско-юношеска литература, научно-техническа революция, Емил Коралов, Елин Пелин
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