Epic of the Forgotten-被遗忘的史诗

作者：Ivan Vazov

书名：Epic of the Forgotten《被遗忘的史诗》

中文简介：Epic of the Forgotten《被遗忘的史诗》是由伊万·瓦佐夫于1881-1884年间在普罗夫迪夫所写，按照创作时刻编排的12首颂歌的循环。

英文简介：Epic of the Forgotten (Bulgarian: Епопея на забравените; Epopeya na zabravenite) is a Bulgarian poetic saga written by Ivan Vazov to commemorate the Bulgarian fight for freedom against the Ottoman Empire and to criticize the moral decline of the Bulgarian nation after the Liberation, in comparison to the heroic figures and events of the then recent past. It could be said that the "Epic" formed the Bulgarian national consciousness[citation needed] and created many of the Bulgarian historical legends and myths. It served as an interpretation of the struggle against the Ottoman Empire and mostly the April Uprising, not in its real values (the limited number of participants and the military failure of the uprising) but in its morals. The Bulgarian fight for freedom was interpreted as a sacred act of heroes exactly because it did not have any perceivable chance of success. Despite the lack of demographic, military and other such possibilities of success against the Ottoman Empire which was still militarily resilient, the Bulgarians toiled under dire circumstances against it. The failure itself turned into a moral success and granted the Bulgarians the right to be free. "Epic of the Forgotten" is a cycle of 12 odes arranged in accordance with the moment of creation, written by Ivan Vazov in Plovdiv in the period between 1881-1884.