Verba iuvenium

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    NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN “LOLITA” AND “WE”
    (Plovdiv University Press, 2026-05-22) Alexiev, Tihomir; Алексиев, Тихомир
    The research aims to examine both the similarities and differences in the narrative of the two novels – Nabokov’s “Lolita” and Zamyatin’s “We”. By focusing on common narrative features, I aim to demonstrate the narrator’s ability to manipulate his readers in order to win them over to his side. At the same time, the thesis seeks to show the extent to which the audience is capable of succumbing to the narrator’s attempts to control their understanding, while also revealing the points at which cracks in his argument begin to emerge. Through comparative analysis, the points of contact, as well as the points of divergence between the two texts are revealed. In order to provide the most accurate interpretation, the systems of images used are drawn both from previously published texts from Russian and other literatures and from established archetypes embedded in the two novels.
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    POWER IN THE WORKS OF GEORGE ORWELL. THE PANOPTICUM IN LITERATURE AND IN REALITY
    (Plovdiv University Press, 2025-05-16) Alexiev, Tihomir; Алексиев, Тихомир
    The research aims to show the ability of authors, who face the harsh reality, to predict events, convey them to their audience and even warn the world about the dictatorship and abuse of power that affects various social circles. The main works presented and discussed in this report are the two immortal novels of the English writer, journalist and critic George Orwell, as well as part of his rich essayistic oeuvre. Literary comparisons are used as well as historical events and figures that put into practice what those who opposed totalitarianism wrote. In order to fully complete the study, the views of Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, and references to archetypes are presented in order to explain certain elements in the works.