The development of structuralist ideas
in Bulgaria coincided with the liberalization
of the human and social sciences
during the 1960s and the 1970s and
from the start was involved in various
discussions, both internal and external.
The present paper focuses on the
case of the literary theoretician Christo
Todorov, a representative of the
Bulgarian Guillaumist School, and his
curious siding with Pantelei Zarev, a
powerful professor in the highest ranks
of the Bulgarian Communist Party and
at the time a Rector of the University of
Sofia, during his attack on structuralism.
At the end I propose a Guillaumist
interpretation of the situation in which
Todorov found himself, using his own
methodological instruments.
