CONTEXTUAL APPROACH IN DEFINITION OF TOPICS FOR ESSAY (Thematic problematic circle for the number in the work of Hristo Botev, Ivan Vazov and Pencho Slaveykov)

The article develops the thesis that the formulation of topics for school papers and especially the essay must be done through contextual approach, that requires the student to be aware in what context is the theme for the essay so that when he chooses, to co...

CREATING AN ESSAY BY АNALOGY (On Hitar Petar’s Story Tales)

The object of this paper are writings by analogy - creating stories about Hitar Petar (a hero of Bulgarian folk stories) in the 5 th grade. The analogy as a global method of correspondences between implicit similarities gives ample opportunities for developing...

SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING (ESSAYS ON THE STORY “UNCLES”)

The paper focuses on the novel “Uncles” in the context of Vazov‘s poetry and prose of the 80s of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on speaking in the story. It argues that through the words the characters say their claims of selfimportance. They ca...

THE READER SCREEN

The short story “Carambuka”, written by Radichkov, exemplifies the notion of text as a complex construction, in which are included paratext, intertext, author and reader. Postmodern effort to estimate critically the relationship between language and realit...

ST. CLEMENT OF OHRID IN THE REGIONAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY: A CONTEMPORARY “STORY” ABOUT RELICS

In this text the author explores the transformations of the cult of St. Kliment Okhridski by focusing on less known chapter of local veneration of the saint. The church “St. Spas” (“Ascencion of Jesus”) in the village of Dren, near city of Radomir (Bulgari...

THE FIGURE OF ST. CLEMENT OF OHRID IN THE BULGARIAN AND MACEDONIAN LITERATURES AT THE TIME OF THE NATIONAL REVIVAL

The paper raises the question of the functionalization of the figure of St. Clement of Ohrid in modern culture comparing his representation in the Bulgarian and Macedonian traditions. The focus is on various texts of the Bulgarian and Macedonian National Rev...

BAI GANYO AND BAI KOLYO – PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR IN BULGARIAN LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY

BULGARIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN FORLI, ITALIA: A LOOK FROM INSIDE

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ENCAPSULATE (Interview with Gergana Hristova, co-founder of Language and Cultural Center BULGARIA HERE, Director of the Bulgarian School – Milan, Italy)

POITICAL DOUBLESPEAK IN MEDIA