Freedom and Suffering (Prometheus and Jesus Christ in Lesya Ukrayinka’s Reseption) Cover Image

Свобода і страждання (постаті Прометея й Ісуса Христа в рецепції Лесі Українки)
Freedom and Suffering (Prometheus and Jesus Christ in Lesya Ukrayinka’s Reseption)

Author(s): Lukash Skupeyko
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Ukrainian Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Prometheus; Jesus Christ; freedom through suffering; challenging God; neo-romantic ideal; ‘sovereign’ personal

Summary/Abstract: In the perception of Lesya Ukrainka, the figures of Prometheus and Jesus Christ are embodied in two models of freedom through suffering, representing different vectors of human culture and consciousness and psycho-behavioral personality types. The writer transfers the notion of freedom from sphere of morality (the motive of challenging God) to existential sphere (the motive of equality with God), and this change of emphases correlates in her work with the neo-romantic ideal of ‘sovereign’ personality.

  • Issue Year: 66/2018
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 7-14
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Ukrainian