LITERATURE AS HISTORY AND EDUCATION IN THE MODERN BULGARIAN SOCIETY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

Art plays an important role in modern society, including education. The specificity and diversity of its functions make it an integral part of the world cultural heritage, a necessary and irreplaceable part of the modern content of education. If artists and men of letters stand at the border where ignorance turns into knowledge, it is they, with the power of the images they create, being that part of the processes in which the unknown is being transformed into knowledge. The work of Mara Belcheva and Fani Popova-Mutafova, who are pioneers in the imposition of modern artistic norms and historical interpretations, has been examined and analysed: one of them acting with impeccable finesse and spiritual elevation, and the other one - with the power of history. Their works are much more than aesthetic messages. Likewise, their lives also help make palpable the social denunciation of the 19th century with all its historical diversity, culture and attempt to educate the nation.