Nikola Benin

The Comic in the Feuilletons of Aleko Konstantinov

The present work studies the essence of the comic in feuilletons by Aleko Konstantinov. The comic is understood in terms of contradiction (a concept widely used in aesthetics) between power and morality. In his feuilleton During the Elections in Svishtov the author stresses the moral influence of the powerful of the day on the electorate. This moral influence is a demagogic form of violence and brutality before and at the time of elections. The feuilletons Beelzebub’s Triumph and Beelzebub’s Prayer study the comic struggles between political leaders, driven by satanic wishes.

The conclusion, which we could draw, is that the comic in the studied feuilletons by Aleko Konstantinov is originated as a result of the exposing of the hidden insidious intentions of the powerful of the day to present themselves as democrats and good rulers.