“Passion or the Death of Alice” – the Strange Mirrors

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1389171

https://doi.org/10.60056/Lit.2025.35.435–446

 

Iva Anastasova

The present text is an analytical observation on Emilia Dvoryanova’s novel – “Passion or the Death of Alice”. It emphasizes the role of mirrors (and windows) in it, specifically their dysfunction. The strangeness of the surfaces is seen as a blurred boundary between reality and the imaginary.

Keywords: mirror, window, dysfunction, reality, imaginary

About the author: Iva Anastasova is a PhD student in Western European Literature at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, the theme of her dissertation is “Transformations of the Window and the Mirror in Emily Bronte and Guy de Maupassant”. Her interests include: literature from the 19th century to the present day, comparative literary studies and literary translation. She is also an editor and a proofreader.

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