The feuilletons of Hristo Botev

Botev's feuilletons are the highest achievement in the development of Bulgarian feuilleton until the Liberation. They are closely related to Karavelov's feuilleton. Botev undoubtedly learned from Karavelov, set out on the path outlined by him, adopted the main genre and style features of his feuilletons. The general, principled attitude of Karavelov and Botev to the factual basis of the feuilleton, to the artistic image, to the journalistic essence, power and pathos of the feuilleton denunciation, to the great revolutionary tasks that the feuilletonist solves and to which his work also serves, are very close in both authors. The deep connection and continuity in their creative work of great masters of the feuilleton is undeniable. At the same time, however, Botev takes a significant step forward. His feuilletons are one of the peaks not only in the history of Bulgarian feuilleton, but in the development of our literature in general. Despite the great proximity and undeniable continuity with Karavel's feuilletons, Botev's feuilleton legacy has its own independent place and significance, and is subject to its own laws. The great proximity is accompanied by deep and essential differences. The more we delve into the structural and generally artistic features of Botev's feuilleton, the more clearly its peculiar world emerges.