The image ofpeasant in poems of Wincenty Korotyński and Janka Łuczyna („Tomiło” i „Akwarelki myśliwskie z Polesia”) Cover Image

Вобраз селянiна ў паэмах Вiнцэся Каратынскага i Янкi Лучыны (Тамiла i Паляўнiчыя акварэлькi з Палесся )
The image ofpeasant in poems of Wincenty Korotyński and Janka Łuczyna („Tomiło” i „Akwarelki myśliwskie z Polesia”)

Author(s): Joanna Wasiluk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Byelarussian literature of XIX century; realizm; picture of the Byelarussian people; byelorussian peasant; poems of XIX century;

Summary/Abstract: The main heroes of Wincenty Korotyński and Janka Łuczyna’s works were simple people,peasants - authors and bearers of main national elements. Just these people spoke Belorussian,they cultivated customs and rituals of their ancestors. They used folk-wisdom in their everydaylife. W. Korotyński in Tomiło aspired to show mentality of working people, who also deserved forbetter lot. J. Łuczyna in Akwarelki myśliwskie z Polesia showed positive image of Byelorussianpeople of decline of XIX century, determined national features of their character. Delving ina simple man’s soul, his internal world, saying about his experience, feelings and troubles the poetshowed social and national problems in his works.Both writers were close to realistic showing the reality, but they showed different faces ofbyelorussian peasant in their works of the middle and end of XIX century.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: XXI
  • Page Range: 281-292
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Belarusian