Lidia Mihova Mademoiselles and Crinolines: On the literary interpretations of female clothing during the Enlightenment Summary The paper presents the interpretations given to the smart female clothing in two comedies from the time of the Bulgarian Enlightenment. The theme of the elegant attire for ladies in the two pieces brings forth the problem of the…
Read MoreLubomir Georgiev Manifestations of the modern spirit among the Bulgarian Catholics in Transilvania and Banat in the 18th century Summary The focus of the lecture is on to main questions. The first one is the status of the Bulgarian woman in both provinces Transilvania and Banat three centuries ago. The second is the way…
Read MoreJasmina Mojsieva-Gusheva (Skopje) Crises and Technical Innovations as ‘Spiritus Movens’ in Art Summary The main thesis which has been elaborated in this article is that the collective and individual crisis, along with technical innovations, are the main spiritus movens responsible for establishing new conditions in the art. Let us take an example, the impersonation…
Read MoreChristo Manolakev “Choice” and “Responsibility” – The Modern Liberal Project of XVIII Century and “Female Suicide” in Russian Literature Summary The paper studies the constituting European liberal project “choice” and “responsibility” in 18-th century Russian Literature through the problem of female death, as been referenciated in N. M. Karamzin’s short novel “Poor Liza”. The…
Read MoreElena Tacheva War and Modernity: Through the Texts of Sofroniy of Vratsa. Summary The current study tries to make a parallel between the triggered wartime events from the end of the 18th and in the beginning of the 19th century, mainly the Russian-Turkish wars, and the reaching early Bulgarian modernity. The text-related layers of…
Read MoreDobrina Zheleva-Martins First Steps Towards Modernization and Europeanization of Bulgarian Town-Planning Summary The study focuses on the modernization of town-planning in the major Bulgarian cities that took place during the 19th century, shortly before and after Bulgaria’s Liberation from the Turkish Rule. The change in the town-planning paradigm is described on the basis of…
Read MoreDessislava Nicolaidou European Influences on the Rich Balkan Home in the 18th and 19th Century (On Examples of Bulgaria and Greece) Summary The 18th and 19th centuries mark the beginning of a period of wide-ranging Revival in the Balkan countries under Turkish Rule, marked by the advance of the new capitalist economic relations, industrialization,…
Read MoreBoris Angelov Lyuben Karavelov and his interpretation of ‘Civilization Misunderstood’ Summary The focal point of the text is a Karavelov’s appraisal “against the hair” of Voinikov’s comedy “The Erroneously Appreciated Civilization” in 1871. The criticism is on the very concept of “civilisation”. Karavelov advocates the advantage of imitation in life by a nation in…
Read MoreAdelina Strandgeva Europe and the mobility of its cultural boundаry Summary As the social and cultural relations between Europe and Bulgaria during the latter’s period of National Revival became more complicated, the process of circumscribing mental borders around the modern world was increasingly augmented. The article studies the emphasis on the distinguishing features of…
Read MoreThe old Garment of New Time Summary The two aspects of modernity – the doctrinal and the experimental, the metaphysical and the scientific outline various patterns. If in a doctrinaire plan the curve returns to its starting point, to omega in the experimental it has traveled far forward. Thus, the myth of modernity keeps…
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