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The Dead Female Body and Necropolitics. The Topos of a Walled-up Woman in Bulgarian Modernist PlaysIn Bulgarian folk tradition, the topos of a woman entombed in a wall is a remnant of a dead myth that is still commemorated in the canon of that culture. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it became the subject of creative recycling in literature and visual arts. The article presents the results of my research on the topos of a walled-up woman in four plays written in the first four decades of the 20th century by Petko Todorov (Зидари), Anton Strashimirov (На безкръстните гробове), Ana Karima (Яниният извор), and Stilyan Chilingirov (Мост на река Струма). The analysis focuses on the issue of the protagonists assigning meaning (determined by cultural gender) to women’s remains “acquired” through the ritual of immurement. It also discusses the ways in which authors employed this “remnant” of national/folk archaic material, which continued to raise moral concern throughout the 20th century and in the 21st century may prove an interesting topic for post-humanist reflection.Martwe kobiece ciało i nekropolityka. Topos wmurowanej kobiety w bułgarskich sztukach modernistycznychW bułgarskiej tradycji ludowej topos wmurowanej kobiety jest pozostałością martwego mitu, który nadal jest upamiętniany w kanonie tej kultury. W XIX i XX wieku stał się on przedmiotem twórczego recyklingu w literaturze i sztukach wizualnych. Artykuł prezentuje wyniki moich badań nad toposem wmurowanej kobiety w czterech sztukach napisanych w pierwszych czterech dekadach XX wieku przez Petko Todorova (Зидари), Antona Strashimirowa (На безкръстните гробове), Any Karimy (Яниният извор) oraz Stilyana Chilingirova (Мост на река Струма). W centrum uwagi stawiam kwestię zdeterminowanego przez płeć kulturową znaczenia, jakie bohaterowie nadają szczątkom kobiecym pozyskanym w wyniku rytuału wmurowania. Omawiam także sposoby, jakimi autorzy wykorzystali tę „pozostałość” narodowej/ludowej archaiczności, która przez cały XX wiek budziła moralny niepokój, a w XXI wieku może okazać się ważnym tematem refleksji post-humanistycznej.
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“Slavia Meridionalis” is an interdisciplinary journal publishing papers on literature, culture, history, ethnology and languages of southern Slavic countries, as well as their dynamic interactions with other regions. Each issue contains articles concerning a specific, pre-defined topic, which enables scholars of various disciplines (historians, literature and culture experts, linguists, sociologists, and anthropologists) to present in-depth analyses of their research questions. Our journal publishes papers written by distinguished Polish and foreign scholars, as well as young researchers – papers are published as long as they are of high scientific value. “Slavia Meridionalis” invites articles written in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian, but also in all Slavic languages, which ensures that papers reach various academic circles. Every paper in “Slavia Meridionalis” includes an abstract in Polish and English, as well as keywords. Apart from papers, our journal contains two other sections: reviews of important books in Slavic studies, and biographical notes on authors important for the field. We ensure the highest quality of our papers through a three-stage reviewing process: first, an article is reviewed by the members of the Editorial Board; subsequently, it must pass blind peer review; finally, it must be accepted by the evaluator responsible for a given issue.