THE CRITICAL SECTION OF CHILDREN. ART. BOOKS JOURNAL (DETSA. IZKUSTVO. KNIGI). NORM AND DEVIATION

Abstract

The first issue of Children. Art. Books Journal (Detsa. Izkustvo. Knigi) was published in 1965 as a specialized (for teachers and librarians) and ideologicaly dependant periodical. Its purpose was to regulate the ways in which Bulgarian children and young adults’ art and literature develops. However, in the course of its 25-year history, one can see the gradual change in the conceptual and genre picture of the literary works published and presented in the journal, as well as the deviations from the ideological norm. The main object of the article is the critical section of the journal, as it has а merit for attracting authoritative Bulgarian literary scholars and therefore for the development of more precise – in their book choices, theses and language – critical interpretations of Bulgarian children and young adults’ literature.