* * * Our work – at the level of new requirements

The speech of Dr. Todor Zhivkov before the workers of the cultural front "Communist ideology - a principle of our literature and art" came in time to draw our attention to some disturbing phenomena in the education of our youth, in our cultural life, in our literature and art. That is why it found full approval among our intelligentsia and among the entire working people. This speech is an expression of the special attention with which our Party has always treated the development of artistic culture in our country. Although caused by various harmful phenomena and manifestations in the field of art and literature, it goes far beyond the tasks of just fighting against these phenomena and manifestations. It raises fundamental ideological questions that affect the very essence of our today's literature. Dr. Todor Zhivkov's speech also acquires a programmatic character. Its essence is directed towards the further development of art and literature along the path of socialist realism. And not only of art and literature - it also gives instructions for the development of our literary studies.