Bulgarian Counterculture of the 1960-70s: the Music and the Poetry

Lecture by Vladimir Trendafilov

• An overview of the countercultural situation in Bulgaria during socialism.
  a. Top power and the arts before 1968.
  b. The Prague Spring: its influence and aftermath within the Bulgarian context.
  c. Later development of Bulgarian socialist culture.
• The music of the 1960-70s.
• The poetry of the 1960-70s.

Readings

• Stephen Ashley, “The Bulgarian Rock Scene Under Communism (1962-1990),” in: Rocking the State, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet, 141-164. 
• Post-theory, games, and discursive resistance: the Bulgarian case, ed. by Alexander Kiossev, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1995.

Further info: http://www.ceu.hu/courses/20092010/approaches-to-counter-cultural-movements-in-east-central-europe-1960-1990