Archetypes of national being through the perspective of Shevchenko’s works: the poem “Hireling” and “Catherine” Cover Image

Архетипи національного буття крізь призму соціально-побутових поем Т. Г. Шевченка «Наймичка» і «Катерина»: компаративний зріз
Archetypes of national being through the perspective of Shevchenko’s works: the poem “Hireling” and “Catherine”

Author(s): Zanda Jankovska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Taras Shevchenko; the poems Catherine and Hireling; archetypes of national being; concept Home - Field - The Temple; folklorism

Summary/Abstract: Literary works of Taras Shevchenko are extremely diverse. His painting and poetry are true reflection of national life. Applying to the method of interdisciplinary relations and S. Krymskiy’s cultural and philosophical concept “Home – Field – The Temple”, this exploration attempts to analyze social poem “Catherine” and “Hireling” to find national iconic archetypes. Author states that these archetypes confirm the presence of intra-deep receptive relationship between Shevchenko’s poems and folk art and inherency such features as folklorism.

  • Issue Year: 49/2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 172-178
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Ukrainian