За квадратурата на кръга: мотивът 'nevermore' на По и българският литературен (не)модернизъм

An article is focused on the structuring ideological, aesthetic and poetical functions of the motif ‘Nevermore’ (presented in Poe’s poem The Raven) into Bulgarian literature. The first stage of examination deals with the adoption of the motif in Bulgarian symbolist poetry especially Debelyanov’s ‘Nevermore’ (1907, 1908, 1910), Yavorov’s ‘Shepot nasame’ and Trayanov’s ‘Tazhen privet’ (1909, 1912, 1928). Next stage of the analysis shows that the motif ‘Nevermore’ (in Elin Pelin work ‘Salza Mladenova’) can be used as a stepping-stone in the study of the parody dialog between Bulgarian modernist poetry and non-modernist literature. This way of thinking outlines two perspectives to analyze the motif: 1. Examination of relationship between The Raven and four famous Bulgarian literary works, on one hand, and, seeing the parody as a dialog, gives an opportunity to discuss much more complicated problems such as identity of Bulgarian literature and its European or/and Balkan belonging, on the other.