THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL IN THE OLD AND NEW BULGARIAN LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The article explores a big number of lexical and figurative similarities concerning the passions of the soul conveyed in the works of two authors who take significant place in the history of the medieval and modern Bulgarian literature – the first one is the X...

HRISTO BOTEV AS SEEN BY HIS BIOGRAPHERS

The paper is focused on the book “Hristo Botyov – an attempt for a biography” (1888) by Zachary Stoyanov. It is the first and probably the most popular biography of the poet and revolutionary. The creation of that book could be considered, alongside with the b...

L’HUMANISME QUI PASSE PAR L’ABÎME: THOMAS MANN AND MARGUERITE YOURCENAR

In her essay, “Humanism and Hermeticism in Thomas Mann” (1955 – 1962),MargueriteYourcenar offers a nuancedexamination ofThomas Mann's oeuvre as a conduit for probing the transmutations of a contemporary humanism, which has weathered an intense existential conu...

THE LANGUAGE OF THE EONOMOS DIMITAR PETKANOV (LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC ASPECTS)

The publication examines several lexical and stylistic fragments, which are fundamental for deciphering the linguistic handwriting of the understudied talented hymnwriter and storyteller eonomost Dimitar Petkanov, brother of the famous writer KonstantinPetkano...

THE BANAT BULGARIANS BETWEEN THE BANAT SPEECH AND THE PALKEN LANGUAGE

The article examines the concepts of “Banat speech” and “Palken language” in the context of the aspirations of the Banat Bulgarians to preserve their cultural identity. The study gives examples from contemporary authors, Banat Bulgarians, of the ways in which...

THE PLACE OF POPULAR BULGARIAN SONG LYRICS IN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Recently, an increased interest in learning Bulgarian by foreign citizens or by Bulgarians and people of Bulgarian origin outside the borders of Bulgaria has been observed. Because of this, the methodology of teaching Bulgarian as a second language is gaining...

MEDIA LITERACY – A (NOT) LOST CAUSE

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE INTERWAR TRAVELER IN EUROPE AND AMERICA

ROUND TABLE „BULGARIAN STUDIES TODAY IN GREECE – ACADEMIC CENTRES, RESEARCH FIELDS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES“ WITHIN THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME „DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF BULGARIAN STUDIES ABROAD“

SUMMER SCHOOL “ON BULGARIANS TODAY – THE YOUNG IN DIALOGUE” (AHTOPOL, 2 – 13 JULY 2023)