Verba iuvenium

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    THE PICARESQUE GNOSTICISM IN THE NOVEL “VAZVISHENIE”: THE GNOSTIC PREVAILS OVER THE PICARO
    (Plovdiv University Press, 2026-05-22) Dimitrov, Aleksandar; Димитров, Александър
    The article examines the novel “Vazvishenie” through the lenses of the picaresque and Gnosticism – two discourses embedded within the metafictional framework of the narrative which resonate with the author’s own creative disposition. Milen Ruskov persistently strives to narrate tragic events in a humorous register, a tendency that lends his works a distinctly tragicomic complexion. Within this con-figuration, the picaresque operates on the plane of comedy, while Gnosticism unfolds on the plane of tragedy. Just as the comic and the tragic intersect in tragicomedy, the picaresque and the Gnostic likewise converge in what may be called picaresque Gnosticism. The focal point of this convergence is the consciousness of the narrator and protagonist, Gicho, who over the course of the novel undergoes a transformation from picaro to Gnostic. This trajectory is inscribed within the context of the Bulgarian National Revival and determines the subtext of the motif of “elevation,” which has come to stand as the novel’s emblem.
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    THE THREE WITCHES AND MACBETH – THE GENESIS OF A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
    (Plovdiv University Press, 2024-05-17) Dimitrov, Aleksandar
    The paper explores the tragedy Macbeth through the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy introduced by sociologist Robert Merton. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that the entire plot of the play is initiated and completed based on a self-fulfilling prophecy. It originates from Macbeth's first encounter with the Three Witches, which is also taken as the main object of examination in the paper. By analyzing the characters of Macbeth and the Three Witches, the paper argues that the witches are a condition but not a cause of the hero's criminal acts. They only place him on the edge between good and evil, where he should make his own choices.