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Item The Artistic Scene of the Silver Age(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Nikolova, DiyanaThis study presents some trends in Silver Age culture: the perception of a synthesis of the arts, modernité; the pairing of the images of Apollo and Dionysus; the demonisation of entertainment and new entertainment and artistic loci (art cabaret, cabaret, cellar), the theme of death (the pairing of Eros and Thanatos; locus amoenus and locus terribilis); the Russian harlequinades, the longing images of Hellas and of Alexandria; the “Ballets russes”.Item The Creative Path of Kazimierz Orloš as a Reflection of Realism in Contemporary Polish Literature(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Krzemiński, MaciejThis article provides a comprehensive overview of Kazimierz Orłoś’s prose works. It succinctly synthesizes the distinctive motifs present in his short stories and novels. An important aspect highlighted in the analysis is the prevalence of realism in the worlds depicted in Orłoś’s creations.Item Geographical Boundaries as Borders of “Interpenetration” in Miroslav Penkov’s Short Stories (East of the West)(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Filipova-Mertzimeki, StefaniaBorders as an object of study are becoming important factors in postmodern political and social theory and cultural studies. The differences between peoples and cultures are no longer represented by the geographical boundaries that separate them. Most recently, they help in delineating a new space where they are initially opposed and gradually start interpenetrating one another. Within this space, texts from contemporary émigré literature could be considered and interpreted differently.Item A Few Notes on the Names of the Devil in Bulgarian Verbal Folklore(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Petkova, BorislavaThe text focuses on one of the elements of the Devil’s identity in Bulgarian narrative folklore. The research focuses on 31 folklore legends and tales published in the Collection of Folk Thoughts in a period of about 100 years (from vol. I (1889) to vol. LVI (1980)). The text traces the Devil’s personal names, grouped into three categories, depending on their origin, structure, and specifics: names of biblical origin, names of folk origin, and euphemistic names. The Devil’s names belonging to each group are analyzed in terms of their origin and their functions. The influences of the canonical test, the dualistic teaching of the Bogomils, and the apocryphal literature are traced as well.Item Lermontov and Dostoevsky: Contra Cogito or the Concept of Alter Cognition (Observations on A Hero of Our Time and The Idiot)(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Genev, KolyoThe present article comments on the idea of creating a concept of alter knowledge, which is generated outside the logical womb in the novels The Idiot by F.M. Dostoevsky and A Hero of Our Time by M. Lermontov. The main goal of the current article is to discover common narrative practices for creating similar ideational corpus of knowledge beyond the logical process of deduction, as well as finding a prototype of similar narrative practices for character creation. This is an attempt to comment on both novels through the idea of creating an ontology of Alter knowledge.Item The Question of the Origin and Grammaticalization of the Lexeme One (един)(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Molinari, LucaThis article proposes a syntactic approach to the process of grammaticalization of word edin (‘one’) from a numeral to an indefinite marker. The grammaticalization of the numeral ‘one’ into an indefinite marker (and, ultimately, into an indefinite article) is very frequent cross-linguistically. Bulgarian is not an exception to this general pat tern: an increasing number of studies recognize that edin has assumed the functions of an indefinite marker. In particular, beyond its numeral function, edin is able to in troduce referents which are known to the speaker but are unknown to the hearer. Moreover, it has also started assuming some features typical of indefinite articles, such as the ability to occur in generic sentences with non-referential interpretation. The present analysis shows that the different functions (numeral, specific indefinite, non-specific indefinite) edin takes up correspond to different categorial statuses with different syntactic properties that can be reconducted to different structural positions inside the nominal expression. The resulting syntactic path of edin is perfectly in line with classical formal accounts of grammaticalization and reflects a process guided by general principles of the economy of language. A formal proposal for the origin of the lexeme edin is also proposed: it is argued to be the result of rebrackeitng of the original word for ‘one’ *in” with its adverbial reinforcer *(j)ed’.Item On the Syntax and Semantics of the Bulgarian Subjunctive(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Neagu, AndaThis article provides a brief overview of Bulgarian subjunctive structures in both embedded and root clauses. The introduction presents the typology of these structures by showing that Bulgarian belongs to the Balkan Sprachbund and that subjunctive constructions are one of the features characterizing this linguistic union. In terms of their syntactic configuration, subjunctives are visibly formed by means of the subjunctive marker da, followed by the verb inflected for the indicative mood. This par ticle cannot be separated from the verb by other elements (e.g. the subject), and it can co-occur with complementizers like če. Because of these characteristics, da has been analyzed either as a mood marker, or as a low complementizer associated with mo dality. In terms of its usage, the Bulgarian subjunctive is employed in embedded clauses in structures corresponding to Romance-type infinitives, as well as Romance-type subjunctives. In root clauses, it is used to convey different modal meanings (e.g. deontic or epistemic).Item Old Church Slavonic Isocolic Structures. Translation of Oration 38 (On the Birth of Jesus) by Gregory of Nazianzus(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Grasso, PaolaThe use of isocolic structures is one of the most widespread rhetorical devices in Old Church Slavonic literature. A comprehensive contribution to this issue has been offered by Riccardo Picchio, who observed in many Old Church Slavonic texts a large presence of sentences which can be divided into logical-syntactic segments, rhythmically marked by the same number of accents. This paper aims to offer contribution to one aspect of the issue which deserves to be examined more closely: the likely origin of the use of this rhetorical device from contact with Byzantine Christian literature through translations. This article proposes an analysis of the isocolic structures found in Oration 38 (On the Birth of Jesus), composed by Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390), and their rendering in the Old Bulgarian translation, realized between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. The present analysis shows that, except for a few cases, the Slavic translator reproduced the isocolic structures of the original text and recreated the same rhythmic effect.Item Bulgarian Studies at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice(Plovdiv University Press, 2024) Krapova, IliyanaThe article aims to briefly outline the history of Bulgarian Studies in Italy. It highlights the names of the first important Italian researchers and translators of Bulgarian literature in the first half of the twentieth century, such as Enrico Damiani, Luigi Salvini, and Leonardo Pampuri, and traces the most important moments in the history of Bulgarian studies. Emphasis is placed on the current state of teaching and research in the field of Bulgarian language and literature. The articles proposed for publication by graduates at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice are summarized.