https://doi.org/10.60056/Lit.2024.33.442-449
https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1306335
A Look at Popular Science Literature and Its Influence on Bulgarian Culture
Steven Genchev
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
stivun.genchev@abv.bg
In the next few pages this text aims to reflect on the state of the genre of popu- lar science literature in Bulgaria, how its being received and on what fields it focuses on. Through the lens of a few popular books, the text looks through the history of the field of this type of literature, its development and what qualities people aim to satisfy with it.
Keywords: popular science literature, self-help, genre, pulmology, fasting, fi- nancial education
For citation: Genchev, St. A Look at Popular Science Literature and Its Influ- ence on Bulgarian Culture. // The Literature, Year XVIII, 2024, Issue 33. Sofia: Univerisity Press “St. Kliment Ohridski”. (In Bulgarian)
About to the author: Steven Genchev has graduated as a Bachelor in Philosophy in 2016 and is close to completing the Master’s program “Translator-Editor”. The author has penned mostly short stories, a few of which are published in the 2020 edition of “New Bulgarian Literature”. He is an author of essays on philosophical and theatrical subjects.
