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The present paper deals with the autotextual potential of the codex “Book of Three Religions” written by Sofroniy Vrachanski in 1805. The main hypothesis, inspired by Radosvet Kolarov’s term “autotextuality”, is that the organization of the volume of three translated theological works on the Abrahamic religions and the original autobiography of the author correspond with a deliberately designed “epigraph”. The text of the “epigraph” is a maxim that can be regarded as a key for interpreting the whole logic of the volume. The maxim, which dates back to Antiquity coincides with Sofroniy’s idea of the different modes of time that define the role of humans as agents in global historic events.


TIME, EPIGRAPH AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY: ON AUTOTEXTUALITY IN SOFRONIY VRACHANSKI

  • TIME, EPIGRAPH AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY: ON AUTOTEXTUALITY IN SOFRONIY VRACHANSKI
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    • VOLUME/ISSUE: 9
    • PUBLISHER: Institute for Literature
    • ORGANIZATION: Institute for Literature - BAS, BULGARIA
    • ISSN (Print): 2738-7631 || ISSN (Online): 2815-2999
  • TIME, EPIGRAPH AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY: ON AUTOTEXTUALITY IN SOFRONIY VRACHANSKI
    Abstract:

    The present paper deals with the autotextual potential of the codex “Book of Three Religions” written by Sofroniy Vrachanski in 1805. The main hypothesis, inspired by Radosvet Kolarov’s term “autotextuality”, is that the organization of the volume of three translated theological works on the Abrahamic religions and the original autobiography of the author correspond with a deliberately designed “epigraph”. The text of the “epigraph” is a maxim that can be regarded as a key for interpreting the whole logic of the volume. The maxim, which dates back to Antiquity coincides with Sofroniy’s idea of the different modes of time that define the role of humans as agents in global historic events.

    Subject: Autotextuality and Citation
    Keywords: автотекстуалност религиозни трактати епиграф понятие за време автобиография
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