Beloved woman’s character in Spyridon Cherkasenko’s love lyric Cover Image

Образ коханої в любовній ліриці Спиридона Черкасенка
Beloved woman’s character in Spyridon Cherkasenko’s love lyric

Author(s): Andrij Czuj
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Social Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: love lyric; lyrical hero; portrait; literary character; personification; character of the beloved woman

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the character of a lyrical hero’s beloved woman. The present study analyzes the features of her appearance and character. It reveals the fact that the author presents only some single details of the portrait with the main focus on the woman’s eyes and lips. To expand the portrait, the author compares her beauty with the beauty of nature. We learn that the character of the beloved woman is changeful but, at the same time, strong and attractive for the lyrical hero. A research shows the meaning of a number of associative images in which the girl appears to the loving man. A little less attention is paid to other personificated characters who are witnesses and accomplices of the love stories. The author of this article concludes that landscape is not a mere background, but also an important acting character, utterly depending on the lyrical hero’s mood.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 335-348
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Ukrainian