Радянський джентльмен: український професор супроти викликів історії
A Soviet gentleman: a Ukrainian professor in the face of historic turmoil
Author(s): Oksana BlashkivSubject(s): Ukrainian Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Ukrainian literature; academic novel; intellectual; history; Yury Makarov;
Summary/Abstract: The emphasis is placed on the main character’s personal, national and academic identity. A university professor and a linguist, the protagonist constructed his identity through combining the elements of Sovietness, Englishness, and Ukrainianness. While focusing on the protagonist’s identity quest, the author also identifies historical context of the novel, which is rooted in Ukrainian socio-historic reality throughout the 1950s-2010s.
Journal: Kultury Wschodniosłowiańskie – Oblicza i Dialog
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 11-22
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Ukrainian
