Strokes from the Epistolary Theory about “The Proper Way of Writing“ of “Beautiful Letters“ in the “Slavenobolgarskiy Predruchniy Poslatelnik za Nastavleniе na Bolgarskite Yunoshi” (1835) by Neophyte Bozvely and Emanuil Vaskidovitch

Maria Mitskova
University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”

https://doi.org/10.53656/for23.242stri

Abstract. The hereby offered article points out some strokes from the revival epistolary theory that is presented on the pages of the letter-writing manual “Slavenobolgarskiy predruchniy poslatelnik za nastavleniya na bolgarski yunoshi” (1835) by Neophyte Bozvely nad Emanuil Vaskidovitch. The main target of the following research is the philological insight of the two teachers from Svishtov in the aspects of soundness of language and its stylistic perfection, and their following instructions concerning the writing of good and proper letters.
Following the basic beliefs of the European Enlightenment and especially the correlation between the right, the virtuous and the beautiful, Bozvely and Vaskidovitch are constructing their own concept about the language and style of the letter by planting the two principles: “Write good when you do” and “Write just as you speak”. Under the banner of these two absolutes the coauthors introduce the stylistic demands for brevity, simplicity, aptness and beauty of language.
Keywords: Neophyte Bozvely; Emanuil Vaskidovitch; didactic literature; letterwriting manuals; epistolary theory

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