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Tzvetan Todorov
Todorov in 2012
Born
Цветан Тодоров

(1939-03-01)1 March 1939
Sofia, Tsardom of Bulgaria
Died7 February 2017(2017-02-07) (aged 77)
NationalityFrench/Bulgarian
Alma materUniversity of Sofia
University of Paris
Spouse(s)Martine van Woerkens
(m. ??; div. ??)
Nancy Huston
(m. ??; div. 2014)
Children3, including Léa Todorov
AwardsCNRS Bronze Medal, the Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and the first Maugean Prize of the Académie française and the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences; he also is an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Structuralism
Main interests
Literary criticism
Notable ideas
The Fantastic
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Tzvetan Todorov (/ˈtɒdərɔːv, -rɒv/; French: [tsvetan tɔdɔʁɔv, dzve-]; Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory.

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Tzvetan Todorov (/ˈtɒdərɔːv, -rɒv/; French: [tsvetan tɔdɔʁɔv, dzve-]; Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French...

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Todorov

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politician Todor Todorov (sculptor) (born 1951), Bulgarian sculptor Tzvetan Todorov (1939–2017), Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, critic and sociologist...

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fascinating figures of Russian cultural life in the twentieth century" (Tzvetan Todorov) Shklovsky was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a Lithuanian...

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Antihumanism

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according to gravity and other absolute laws of nature. Humanist thinker Tzvetan Todorov has identified within modernity a trend of thought which emphasizes...

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Fantastique

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the English literary tradition. According to the literary theorist Tzvetan Todorov (Introduction à la littérature fantastique), the fantastique is distinguished...

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Bulgaria

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and the Socialist realism novels of Dimitar Dimov and Dimitar Talev. Tzvetan Todorov is a notable contemporary author, while Bulgarian-born Elias Canetti...

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Narratology

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perception. The term is an anglicisation of French narratologie, coined by Tzvetan Todorov (Grammaire du Décaméron, 1969). Its theoretical lineage is traceable...

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Georgi Dimitrov

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Dimitrov was chosen by Stalin to be the head of the Comintern in 1934. Tzvetan Todorov says, "He became part of the Soviet leader's inner circle." He was...

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David Attenborough

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2005: Giovanni Sartori 2006: Mary Robinson 2007: Ralf Dahrendorf 2008: Tzvetan Todorov 2009: David Attenborough 2010: The archaeological team of the Terra...

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Nancy Huston

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Bulgarian-French historian and philosopher Tzvetan Todorov, with whom she had two children, daughter Léa and son Sacha; she and Todorov divorced in 2014. Huston now...

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Whodunit

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thriller coincides with the action in a single story. According to Tzvetan Todorov, in terms of temporal logic, the whodunit narrative is considered a...

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Skidmore College

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Industry", "Kitsch", and "FemIcons." Nadine Gordimer, J. M. Coetzee, Tzvetan Todorov, George Steiner, Orlando Patterson, Norman Manea, Christopher Hitchens...

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List of Bulgarians

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Anton Strashimirov Stanislav Stratiev Edvin Sugarev Dimitar Talev Tzvetan Todorov Stefan Tzanev Nikola Vaptsarov Ivan Vazov Pavel Vezhinov Vladislav...

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La Noche Triste

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University Press (2003) ISBN 0-19-516077-0. The Conquest of America by Tzvetan Todorov (1996) ISBN 0-06-132095-1. The Conquistadors by Michael Wood (2002)...

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Children of Men

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sociologist Saskia Sassen, human geographer Fabrizio Eva, cultural theorist Tzvetan Todorov, and philosopher and economist John N. Gray. "Under Attack" features...

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History of Bulgaria

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Press, 1992) pp 65–118 Tzvetan Todorov The Fragility of Goodness: Why Bulgaria's Jews Survived the Holocaust Tzvetan Todorov. Voices from the Gulag:...

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Karen Armstrong

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2005: Giovanni Sartori 2006: Mary Robinson 2007: Ralf Dahrendorf 2008: Tzvetan Todorov 2009: David Attenborough 2010: The archaeological team of the Terra...

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Philosophy Bites

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Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Dummett, Tzvetan Todorov, David Chalmers, and C. A. J. Coady. The podcast has been one of the...

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Niall Ferguson bibliography

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Conference Report) (University of Chicago Press, 2003) "Introduction to Tzvetan Todorov" in Nicholas Owen (ed.), Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Oxford Amnesty...

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History of smallpox

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Change (Alberta grade 8 social studies textbook), p. 233. Quoted in Tzvetan Todorov, The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other (1999: 136). –...

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Amartya Sen

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2005: Giovanni Sartori 2006: Mary Robinson 2007: Ralf Dahrendorf 2008: Tzvetan Todorov 2009: David Attenborough 2010: The archaeological team of the Terra...

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Semiotic literary criticism

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Later authors in the semiotic tradition of literary criticism include Tzvetan Todorov, Mikhail Bakhtin, Roland Barthes, Juri Lotman, Julia Kristeva, Michael...

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Howard Gardner

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2005: Giovanni Sartori 2006: Mary Robinson 2007: Ralf Dahrendorf 2008: Tzvetan Todorov 2009: David Attenborough 2010: The archaeological team of the Terra...

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Princess of Asturias Awards

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2005: Giovanni Sartori 2006: Mary Robinson 2007: Ralf Dahrendorf 2008: Tzvetan Todorov 2009: David Attenborough 2010: The archaeological team of the Terra...

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