Ślady polskiej historii w dwóch przekładach autorstwa Petka Raczewa Sławejkowa

Abstract

During the period of Bulgarian National Revival in the XIX century Bulgarians struggle to find their own national identitiy and try to prove their longing and their need to be independent from the Ottoman Empire. At the same time they try to make up for the centuries of stagnation in Bulgarian literature. As they lack natural historical progres at that fi eld, the writers (many of them being politicians and supporters of the Revival as well), decide to make up by using translations of the pieces of Western European writers. This way they not only introduce new genres and tendencies to Bulgarian audition, but use the specific texts to build up a model for the society in terms of national values and the longing for independent Bulgaria in the future. One of them, Petko Slaveykov, translates two pieces, concerning the history of Poland. The article presents, the background of these text and analyzes what components are important to Slaveykov in these texts and why he deems them useful and capable of creating the model of the expected behaviour for Bulgarians, who want to establish the future independent country.