parody

The study asks whether, after the dominance of individualism as the main life principle in postmodern times, there is a rethinking of the importance of intersubjective relationships and their renewal. The focus of the study is the representation of the heterosexual love relationship in the novel „Allegro Pastel“ by the contemporary German-language writer Laif Rand. It is examined against the background of theories about the postmodern community and the place of love in it by iconic sociologists and philosophers such as Ulrich Beck, Jürgen Habermas, Sygmut Bauman, Erich Fromm, and in comparison with even more recent studies on love such as those of Eva Iluz, Angelica Krebs, Aron Ben’Zeev. The text attempts to defend the thesis that Rand‘s novel presents a new, unprejudiced notion of love, which, through irony as the main tool, is opposed to the established (and problematic) notion of romantic love.

The article dedicated to “In Paris. Sketches“ by Ana Karima, analyzed the poetics of the work. It transcends the boundaries of the traditional travelogue. Karima examines not only the historical sights of Paris, but introduces the readers to the social problems of the country, the position of women in society and the prostitution as an evil. Somewhat aside, but also related to the general issue, is what was written about Yavorov. Irony is leading. The comparison is with Aleko’s Bai Ganiu with a perspective on the behavior of Bulgarians abroad. The occasion is their deteriorating relationships.