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Editor's Note: Garuba, I. O. (2019). The Ageing Poet and Death Anxiety: Art as Existential Therapy in John Pepper Clark's Of Sleep and Old Age. English Studies at NBU, 5(2), 268-283. DOI 10.33919/esnbu.19.2.5
No full textFor the benefit of our readers, we are publishing this Editor's Note to assert that the version published on 30 December 2019 in English Studies at NBU, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2019, is the authoritative and only version of record
Moral and Political Ideology in Georgi Markov’s Sharp Criticism of Bulgarian Totalitarianism
No full textThe task of this text by the is to outline the main political and ethical ideas that Georgi Markov (Bulgarian writer and dissident, murdered in exile by the Secret Services) maintains in his constant and often radical criticism towards Bulgaria regime during the years. Italian professor Giuseppe Dell’ Agata’s main point is related to Markov’s unshattered conviction that the Bulgarian regime created by the Communist Party had nothing to do with the communism or the socialism but was simply an example of state capitalism
Festivals of classical music in Kosovo in years 2000-2017
Get PDFThis report describes the inclusion of festivals of classical music in Kosovo from 2000 to 2017. Besides the short history of musical life in Kosovo, in our focus is the evidence ofclassical music festivals in Kosovo from 2000 to 2017, the number of editions held, the character of these festivals. Based on the collected data, for the period from 2000 to 2017, six festivalswere evident. These festivals have an international character. Two of these festivals have also a competitive character. Based on the organizations, festivals’ content and in their concept, we can say that from 2000 until now, classical music festivals reflect a special period in the history of festivals in Kosovo. In the absence of a concert hall in Kosovo and the necessary financial support of these festivals, Kosovo should have as soon as possible a proper institutional policy on music activities
Marriage and Procreatio in Ancient Rome
Get PDFThe study presents the Roman concept of marriage as a union of spouses with the purpose of giving birth, raising and educating the children. In parallel are presented the social roles of mother and father in the Roman family and the legal framework of their status. The article shows some of the main points of promoting the birth rate increase and stabilizing the procreative function of marriage for demographic and political purposes. Some of them – and especially the protection of the interests of children, which can be a starting point for the modern development of the system for stabilizing the marriage and the family to face the social challenges of the XXI century
“Sex” versus “Gender” in the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court (How the Lack of Feminist Legal Studies in Bulgaria Led to Distortion of the Basic Category of “Gender” in the Legal Discourse?)
Get PDFThe Bulgarian Constitutional Court (CC) finds it necessary to differentiate between the concept “sex” and the concept “gender” in the Istanbul Convention within its preliminary constitutional control. As the second one is fundamental for the convention and the CC sees a problem with it, the CC concludes that the convention is in contradiction with the Bulgarian Constitution. Furthermore, in November 2021 in an interpretation decision the CC states that the under the Constitution the Bulgarian concept relates only to the meaning of “sex”, in its biological meaning. The way in which the CC operates with the terms “sex” and “gender” brings to the fore serious deficits in Bulgarian legal discourse resulting from the total lack of any feminist jurisprudence and the isolation from the contemporary debates on the gender-based inequalities and injustices
How I Saw The World Today Through The Eye Of Walter Lipman
No full textWalter Lipman’s book Public Opinion was published in 1922. Lippmann was one of the first to realize that the public opinion could be formed and directed as long as we mastered the tools. Human 1.0, as has been till now, has to form its opinion in an environment, in which we talk about technology 3.0. What does today’s media environment look like through the eyes of Walter Lipman and can we actually live without governance, or in other words, without consent on basic things, such as what is true and what is false information? And if, thanks to social networks, more and more people think alike, will it really turn out that no one thinks enough
The Intertextual Use of Greek Mythology in Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction
No full textThis study investigates the intertextual use of Greek mythology in Agatha Christie's short stories Philomel Cottage, The Face of Helen, and The Oracle at Delphi, a short story collection The Labours of Hercules, and a novel, Nemesis. The results of this research based on the hermeneutical and comparative methods reveal that A. Christie's intertextual formula developed over time. In her early works, allusions were based on characters' appearances and functions as well as on the use of motifs and themes from Greek myths. Later on, she turned to using allusory character names; this would mislead her readers who thought they already knew the formula of her stories. Although not a postmodern writer, A. Christie enjoyed playing games of allusion with her readers. She wanted them not only to solve a case but also to discover and interpret the intertextual references
Bulgarian Architectural Modernism, German Influences, and Industrial Architecture
No full textCelebrating the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus school, a team of researchers from “Bulgarian Modernist Architecture†examined archives of German technical universities where Bulgarian architects studied in the first half of the 20th century. The archives in Munich, Berlin and Dresden have preserved the names and records of hundreds of Bulgarian architects from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. Their education, university professors, the environment in which they were formed (exhibitions, artistic trends and events) including Bauhaus connections, and how all of these informed the architecture in our country between the two world wars were among the questions explored by the researchers Vassil Makarinov and Theodore Karakolev. After the research in Germany, the team also plans to delve in the industrial architecture from the interwar period - a topic that is poorly known in our country