The Alphabet of Discord. Giustina Selvelli
ibidem-Press, Stuttgart
Contents
1.1 The Balkan space between problems of multiplicity and claims of homogeneity
1.2 The role of writing and of the “Other” in the national discourse
1.3 Methodological considerations: sources and approaches
1.4 Semiotic and relational aspects of alphabets and nationalism
2. THE RECEPTION OF THE ABECEDAR PRIMER (1925) IN BULGARIA
2.1 Issues related to the adoption of new writing systems
2.2 Post-imperial national identity dynamics
2.3 The situation in Aegean Macedonia after World War I
2.4 The publication of the Abecedar (1925)
2.5 Some peculiarities related to the characters of the Abecedar
2.6 The “involvement” of Cyril and Methodius
2.7 Conclusions: the fate of the Abecedar after 1925
3. THE “LATINIZATION” IDEOLOGY AND THE BULGARIAN DEBATES
3.1 Introduction: issues of script change
3.2 The Latinization ideology in the Soviet Union
3.3 The Latin alphabet as a “modernizing” tool in the Balkans
3.4 The positions in support of Latinization in Bulgaria
3.5 The positions in defense of Cyrillic: contextual and internal factors
3.6 Defensive and symbolic motivations rejecting Latinization
3.7 Technical imperfections of the Latin alphabet
3.8 Conclusions: the national character of the alphabet
4. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN ARABIC AND LATIN SCRIPTS AMONG THE BULGARIAN TURKS
4.1 The impact of the Eurasian alphabet reforms on Turkey
4.2 The ambivalent status of the Latin alphabet in Bulgaria
4.3 Language and script restrictions for the Turks of Bulgaria
4.4 Conclusions: the disruption of writing practices
Section II
5. SERBO-CROATIAN IN TWO SCRIPTS: DIGRAPHIA, “ALPHABET SYNTHESIS” AND BILITERACY
5.1 Linguistic and historical introduction
5.2 Post-war alphabet ideologies: four parallel trends
5.3 The influence of the “pro-Latinization” factors
5.4 The first proposals of “alphabet synthesis” appearing in Život i rad
5.5 The “Yugoslav alphabet” by Pavle Ž. Radivojević
5.6 Reactions to the “mixed alphabet” proposals
5.7 Živaljević’s rejection of the Yugoslav alphabet and Trivunac’s defense of Cyrillic
5.8 Conclusions: the developments of the alphabet question in Yugoslavia
6. CYRILLIC AT WAR: SCRIPT IDEOLOGIES IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA, 1941-1945
6.1 From unitarian ideologies to assertions of difference in the language field
6.2 The development of the language situation before the NDH
6.3 “Cyrillicide” in the Independent State of Croatia
6.4 Writing ideologies between purism and denialism
6.5 The “Orientality” of the Serbs and the role of the Glagolitic alphabet
Section III
7. THE REDISCOVERY OF GLAGOLITIC: FROM REGIONAL TO NATIONAL PHENOMENON
7.1 The new signification context of the Glagolitic alphabet
7.2 The alphabet issue during the period of socialist Yugoslavia
7.3 The creation of the Aleja Glagoljaša in Istria and the role of Zvane Črnja