Literature, identity and history: A sketch on the work of Lina Kostenko. Cover Image

Literatura, tożsamość i historia. Szkic o twórczości Liny Kostenko
Literature, identity and history: A sketch on the work of Lina Kostenko.

Author(s): Bogusław Bakuła
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Ukrainian Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Lina Kostenko; shistdesiatnyky; Ukrainian poetry of the 1960s; Chernobyl in literature; Ukrainian prose in 2010; Ukrainian identity in contemporary literature

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns famous Ukrainian female poet, literary critic and writer Lina Kostenko (born 1930). It is a synthetic approach, which presents the important position of Kosteno in the life of Ukrainian literature and culture as well as politic life over the past 60 years as: 1. author of revealing lyrics and poems; 2. author of high-profile journalism on current topics, especially those related to the Chernobyl tragedy; 3. participant of the dissident movement in Ukraine; 4. author of the famous novel depicting the Ukrainian intelligentsia on the eve of the Orange Revolution of 2004 – Zapysky ukrajinskogo samashedshogo (2010); 5. a moral authority speaking on matters important for Ukrainian identity and historical heritage.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 259-272
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish