Alexandra Glavanakova
Biographic Data
| ID | 3433479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Glavanakova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Glavanakova |
| SIGNATURE | GLAVANAKOVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5604-2424 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Authenticity and Autofiction
This article provides an innovative perspective on John Updike’s visit to Eastern Europe in the 1960s, including Bulgaria, as reflected in his short story “The Bulgarian Poetess” first published in The New Yorker on March 13, 1965. The inspiration for this interpretation is as much academic as it is anthropological. It comes from Updike’s use of my own surname, Glavanakova, which is not a common Slavic one, for the fictional character of the real…
Migrating Literatures
One of the most intriguing areas for comparative research in contemporary cultural studies and world literature(s) is the interrelation between cultural identity and the imagination. This article aims to focus on the perceptions and representations of Bulgaria in the American cultural imaginary. To fulfill this goal, I examine critical and fictional transatlantic readings of Bulgaria through American eyes, focusing on the following questions: How…
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism:Reflections on Don DeLillo's Zero K Alexandra K. Glavanakova (bio) Technology makes reality come true. -Don DeLillo, Underworld 177 And never can a man be more disastrously in death than when death itself shall be deathless. -St. Augustine, quoted in DeLillo, Zero K 240 The scientific community disagrees over the date of the beginning of the Anthropocene. According to William Ruddiman, who proposed the "early …
Transcultural Imaginings
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism:Reflections on Don DeLillo's Zero K Alexandra K. Glavanakova (bio) Technology makes reality come true. -Don DeLillo, Underworld 177 And never can a man be more disastrously in death than when death itself shall be deathless. -St. Augustine, quoted in DeLillo, Zero K 240 The scientific community disagrees over the date of the beginning of the Anthropocene. According to William Ruddiman, who proposed the "early …
Transcultural Imaginings
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism
The Age of Humans Meets Posthumanism:Reflections on Don DeLillo's Zero K Alexandra K. Glavanakova (bio) Technology makes reality come true. -Don DeLillo, Underworld 177 And never can a man be more disastrously in death than when death itself shall be deathless. -St. Augustine, quoted in DeLillo, Zero K 240 The scientific community disagrees over the date of the beginning of the Anthropocene. According to William Ruddiman, who proposed the "early …
Authenticity and Autofiction
This article provides an innovative perspective on John Updike’s visit to Eastern Europe in the 1960s, including Bulgaria, as reflected in his short story “The Bulgarian Poetess” first published in The New Yorker on March 13, 1965. The inspiration for this interpretation is as much academic as it is anthropological. It comes from Updike’s use of my own surname, Glavanakova, which is not a common Slavic one, for the fictional character of the real…
Migrating Literatures
One of the most intriguing areas for comparative research in contemporary cultural studies and world literature(s) is the interrelation between cultural identity and the imagination. This article aims to focus on the perceptions and representations of Bulgaria in the American cultural imaginary. To fulfill this goal, I examine critical and fictional transatlantic readings of Bulgaria through American eyes, focusing on the following questions: How…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)