Йовковото

One of the main issues in Yordan Yovkov's work is the question of tragedy in life and its artistic reflection in art. The writer is able to see and convey with irresistible force the tragic beginning in reality. With his best works, he convinces in an artistic way that tragedy can be caused not only by the immediate material conditions and circumstances inherent in a given time, but also by a number of individual qualities and characteristics acquired during the millennial existence of humanity. In this way, Yovkov shows that these qualities and characteristics, which are ultimately formed again under the determining role of material conditions (only not the current material conditions), have relative independence and very often have a great, even decisive influence on the fate of man. Such an artistic attitude comprehends, albeit insufficiently, the economic reasons, without ignoring other factors and circumstances for the existence and manifestation of tragedy. Although it increases the risk of errors in the artistic reflection of reality, it opens up great possibilities for the comprehensive and profound depiction of life. Thanks to it, in some of his best works Yovkov manages to reach true heights of artistic mastery in reflecting the tragic in reality.