%0 Journal Article %T A Protagonist Sues his Author (A case from Bulgarian Socialist Culture) %A §¥§Ö§é§Ü§Ñ §¹§Ñ§Ó§Õ§Ñ§â§à§Ó§Ñ %J Slavica TerGestina %D 2011 %I %X The text comments on the case of a Bulgarian author who wrote a novel, based on the pattern of ¡®socialist realism¡¯ (like the novels of B. Polevoy and N. Ostrovski). The protagonist ¨C a man who has lost his arms as a result of a toy-bomb explosion during WW2 and has overcome his distress by strength of will, sues the author for a part of the fee. This case is interpreted from the viewpoint of socialist culture: the relation between reality and literature, and the conflict between propagandized idealism and material interest. %K socialist realism %K truth of life %K book of life %K protagonist %K prototype %K reader %K Bulgarian literature %K court of law %U http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/bitstream/10077/6078/1/Tchavdarova_SlavicaTer13_2011.pdf