IVAN VAZOV ABOUT THE THEATER. THE WRITER`S ATTEMPTS AT DRAMA DURING HIS PLOVDIV PERIOD

VOL. 57, BOOK 1, PART В, 2019, pp. 25 – 35 Full text (Bg)

Author: Nikoleta Patova

Affiliation: Institute for Literature, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Abstract
This text covers Ivan Vazov’s efforts to create and establish the Bulgarian theatrical scene as a national cultural institution. His social, critical and literary work in that regard began during his time as a writer in Plovdiv and continued for 40 years until his death. Vazov as a playwright is unable to meet his own requirements as a critic, despite his publications from the early 80s insistently calling on writers for a higher thematic and stylistic level in current works of drama and comedy. In the beginning of the 80s the discrepancy between his poetic talent and his skills as a playwright is significant. This is illustrated by the analysis of the drama “Ruska” and the poem “Zagorka”, included in the article.

Key words: The Plovdiv period of I. Vazov, “Ruska”, “Zagorka”, Bulgarian drama, Bulgarian professional theatre, the critics about I. Vazov