Lisova Pisnya. Mavka - a Film Interpretation by Yuri Illienko of Lesya Ukrainka's Drama Cover Image

Лісова пісня. Мавка — Кіноінтерпретація драми Лесі Українки у фільми Юрія Іллєнка
Lisova Pisnya. Mavka - a Film Interpretation by Yuri Illienko of Lesya Ukrainka's Drama

Author(s): Mar'yana Kril
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: film; Yuri Illienko; interpretation; Lesya Ukrainka; drama Lisova Pisnya; film; Jurij Illienko; interpretacja; Łesia Ukrainka; dramat "Pieśń lasu"

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the film produced by Yuri Illienko, "Lisova Pisnya. Mavka," which was based on one of Lesya Ukrainka’s greatest works, "Lisova Pisnya," written in 1980. The analysis of the film takes into account the context of time in which the film was created as well as the phenomenon of directors working in Ukrainian cinema, especially the emergence, development, and features of the School of Ukrainian Poetic Cinema. The article emphasizes the correlation between the film and the written drama; in particular, the way the protagonists are featured, and how the main idea is implemented in the literature and cinema.

  • Issue Year: 60/2012
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 149-156
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Ukrainian