CRITICAL REMARCS ON THE CONCEPT OF THE ODESA LITERARY CIRCLE
The text sets forth a critique of the concept of the Odesa Literary Circle, which has been widely employed in studies of the Bulgarian National Revival literature to typologically characterise the intellectual life of Bulgarians studying in Odesa during the 1840s. It reexamines the literary careers of Dimitar Mutev, Elena Muteva, Nayden Gerov and Dobri Chintulov and suggests that there is insufficient factual evidence to substantiate the relevance of the two main components underlying this concept: organised literary life and literariness.
CRITICAL REMARCS ON THE CONCEPT OF THE ODESA LITERARY CIRCLE
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Hristo Manolakev
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- University of Veliko Tarnovo “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” – branch Vratsa 2, Theodosiy Тarnovski str, Veliko Tarnovo 5003, Bulgaria; Institute for Literature – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Bulgaria
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Abstract:The text sets forth a critique of the concept of the Odesa Literary Circle, which has been widely employed in studies of the Bulgarian National Revival literature to typologically characterise the intellectual life of Bulgarians studying in Odesa during the 1840s. It reexamines the literary careers of Dimitar Mutev, Elena Muteva, Nayden Gerov and Dobri Chintulov and suggests that there is insufficient factual evidence to substantiate the relevance of the two main components underlying this concept: organised literary life and literariness.
Subject: We for Others and for OurselvesKeywords: „Одески литературен кръг“ Д. Мутев Е. Мутева Н. Геров Dr. Krastev Д. Чинтулов
