Alexander Shurbanov

September 18, 2012 BSSE MEMBERS

Professor Dr. Habil. Alexander Shurbanov

Sofia University
Department of English and American Studies (1971-2009)

E-mail: a.shurbanov [at] gmail.com

Research interests: Shakespeare; English Renaissance poetry and poetic drama; Reception of English literature in Bulgaria; Literary translation; Stylistics.

Subjects taught:

BA Courses:

  • History of English literature
  • Stylistics

MA Courses:

  • Shakespeare
  • English Renaissance drama
  • English Renaissance lyrical poetry
  • Literary translation
  • Verse translation
  • Reception of English literature in Bulgaria.

Major publications:

  • Between Pathos and Irony: Christopher Marlowe and the Genesis of Renaissance Drama, Sofia: Sofia University Press, 1992.
  • Translatory Reception of European Literature in Bulgaria: English Literature (co-ed. with Vladimir Trendafilov), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press, 2000. ISBN 954-430-714-1; 954-8712-05-9.
  • Painting Shakespeare Red: An East-European Appropriation (in collaboration with Boika Sokolova), Newark, Delaware & London: Associated University Presses, 2001. ISBN 0-87413-726-8.
  • Poetics of the English Renaissance, Sofia: Sofia University Press, 2002. ISBN 954-07-1708-6.
  • Marco Mincoff. Studies in English Renaissance Drama (ed.), Sofia: Sofia University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-954-07-2977-0.
  • Shakespeare’s Lyricized Drama, Newark, Delaware: Associated University Presses, 2010. ISBN 978-0-87413-086-7.

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  • Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales (Bulgarian verse translation), Sofia: Narodna kultura, 1970.
  • John Milton. Paradise Lost (Bulgarian verse translation), Sofia: Narodna kultura, 1981.
  • English Poetry, Sofia: Obsidian, 1995. ISBN 954-8240-27-0.
  • William Shakespeare: Hamlet (Bulgarian translation), Sofia: Prosveta, 2006. ISBN 10: 954-01-1833-6; 13: 978-954-01-1833-8.

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  • Selected Poetry and Prose (2 vols.), Plovdiv: Zhanet45, 2011. Vol. 1: ISBN 978-954-491-683-1; 978-954-491-682-4; Vol. 2: 978-954-491-685-5; 978-954-491-684-8.

 Awards :

  • Doctor Honoris Causa (D.Litt.) – University of Kent, Great Britain – 1990
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (D.Univ.) – University of Surrey, Great Britain – 1993
  • The Hristo Danov National Award for Overall Contribution to Culture – 2007
  • The Union of Translators’ Award for Overall Achievement – 2011
  •  Fulbright lecturer at the University of California Los Angeles, USA – 1979-81
  • Renaissance Refractions: Essays in Honour of Alexander Shurbanov (eds. Boika Sokolova and Evgenia Pancheva), Sofia: Sofia University Press, 2001. ISBN 954-07-1558-X.

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