Podróż biograficzna po miastach Franciszka Skoryny

Author(s): Viachaslau Shved,Noemi Zielińska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

Our task was to analyze the existing literature, which contained biographical materials and to show the Polish society the results of all studies in an easy-to-understand form. Most literature of the subject is in Belorussian language, often inaccessible to Polish researchers and readers. Our article will help the interested people to broaden their knowledge of Belorussian literature. Let’s look at the cities in which Franciszek Skoryna lived and visited. Thanks to this, we will also be able to see the outline of the Renaissance, which is extremely important for the development of literature.

Вобраз героя ў аповесцях Андрэя Федарэнкі (на аснове кніг Ланцуг і Ціша)

Author(s): Anna Alsztyniuk / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: XXIII/2018

Andrey Fiedarenka (born in 1959) – author of the books: History of the disease (1989), Misery (1994), Afghan casket (2002), No one’s (2009), The Chain (2012), Silence (2014) and others, winner of many awards, including Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award. The writer is considered a classic of Belarusian literature. In his artistic work, three basic types of heroes can be distinguished: inhabitants of villages, city dwellers and writers. The presentation of often difficult family relations, differences in characters and life priorities of the heroes become for A. Fiedarenka a pretext for deliberations on the subject of contemporary man’s life, his attitude towards people and nature. In his stories, the writer presents primarily people disappointed with life, lonely, seeking the sense of existence in contact with nature. Only hero-writers can be distinguished from the gallery of poor wretches.

Аўтабіяграфічная аповесць Развітанне з ілюзіямі: Васіль Быкаў вачыма Аляксея Карпюка

Author(s): Anna Sakowicz / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: XXIII/2018

This article analyses the memories about Wasyl Bykow (1924–2003), one of the most outstanding Belarusian prose writers Aleksy Karpiuk (1920–1992) included in the book Farewell to Illusions (2007). Particular attention is paid to the writer’s life in Grodno and his friendship with A. Karpiuk, an artist born in Straszewo in the Bialystok region, the author of many works describing the reality of the borderland of north-eastern Poland. A. Karpiuk truly describes twenty-two years shared with his friend in Grodno, in a period unfavorable for rebellious writers. The writer shows the personality of Bykow, focuses on the socio-political aspect of life in the second half of the twentieth century, but tactically ignores the private sphere. A. Karpiuk, on the occasion of describing the problems that the literary milieu struggled with, gives his own assessment of the socio-political situation in Belarus.

Пафас творчасцi “белавежцаў” у сiтуацыi беларуска-польскага памежжа

Author(s): Ludmiła Sińkowa / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

Belarusian literature in the 20th century often developed on the territory of other countries. A particularly striking example of such development is represented by creativity of Belarusian writers of Poland, united in the literature association “Belavezha” in 1958. The article highlights the links between the literature of the Belarusian-Polish borderland and the literary process in the BSSR and the Republic of Belarus, highly appreciated spiritual and pragmatic activity of “Belavezha” writers, national style features in their work, aspiration in artistic autobiographies to reconstruct the life of the Belarusian people in the era of state border changes in Europe, and patriotic pathos.

Нацыянальныя мастацкiя архетыпы ў творчасцi “белавежцаў”

Author(s): Anżeła Mielnikawa / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article is devoted to the national art archetypes in the works of “Belavezha” writers. The imagery of their poetry is constructed on both Pan-European archetypes of cultural field and national art archetypes. The specificity of the ideological and artistic-figurative system of works of “Belavezha” writers as a holistic aesthetic phenomenon is represented by the images of native land and home which were historically formed in the context of national culture. Artistic variations of home are manifested by the images of nest, hearth, roots. They help to understand the laws of the artistic functioning of the deep national-ontological layers of consciousness, convey the national-cultural features, the code of national ethics, and determine the type of cultural hero.

Сюррэалiстычныя тэндэнцыi ў паэзii “белавежцаў”

Author(s): Anatol Brusewicz / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

Belarusian literature in Poland is a unique phenomenon resulting from the merging of various cultural and aesthetic traditions, which in turn has established good prospects for surreal experiments. The article discusses individual elements of the surrealistic artistic system, which are found in the poems of the authors of the «Belavezha» association.

Надзея Артымовiч i Алесь Разанаў: жанрава-паэтычная прырода творчага дыялогу

Author(s): Tacciana Alaszkiewicz / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

In this article, the author explores the question of the nature of the genre-poetic dialogue, in which N. Artymovich and A. Razanov take part. The author believes that Ales Razanov invents his own chronotopic picture of artistic consciousness: it seems that it is here and now the poet has a special vision of the inner subtext of Artymovich’s verses, which may be a logical response–continuation or auto-commentary to what has been read. Ales Razanov’s marginalia is an attempt to enter into N. Artymovich’s unread and misunderstood poems. The poet offers a reader a pattern, artistic paradigm of possible interpretation of his own literary texts. Such an understanding of poetic reality and an approach to the embodiment of close but strange words show the “marginal notes” of A. Razanov’s book “Дзверы”.

Асноўныя вектары мастацкага пошуку Яна Чыквiна ў 2010-х гадах

Author(s): Ała Bradzichina / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article explores “На беразе Дубiч Царкоўных” and “Здарылася быць” by Jan Czykwin. and discusses main tendencies in his poetic and prosaic works of the 2010s. The author explains major modifications in the poet’s worldview and artistic system, highlights new approaches and visual possibilities in text organization. The conclusion is drawn that the books demonstrate a qualitatively new stage in the poet’s creative evolution.

Галiна Тварановiч як даследчык i папулярызатар беларускай лiтаратуры ў Польшчы

Author(s): Siarhiej Kawalou / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article is devoted to academic and popularizing activities of the professor of Bialystok University, dr hab Halina Twaranowicz in the general context of the development of Belarusian studies in Poland. There emerge the main stages of the academic career of Halina Twaranowicz (in Minsk, Moscow, Belgrade and Bialystok). The most important directions of her research are highlighted: Belarusian-Serbian literary relations, Belarusian literature during World War II, Belarusian émigré literature, Christian themes in literature, contemporary Belarusian literature in Poland. Her conclusions drawn after the analysis of ”Belavezha” writers’ work indicate that Halina Twaranowicz has found her particular niche: literary and aesthetic views of ”Belavezha” writers have been discussed in many articles, reviews and polemical notes in the press. The author of the article emphasizes the significance of the academic journal Białorutenistyka Białostocka. Halina Twaranowicz has been its editor since the first issue was published. Białorutenistyka Białostocka has become the most representative journal in the field of Belarusian literary studies not only in Poland but also in Belarus. Every year about thirty articles of both well-known and young researchers from Bialystok, Warsaw, Lublin, Minsk, Grodno, Homel, Witebsk, Polotsk and Baranovicze are published in it.

Пiсьменнiцкае лiтаратуразнаўчае даследаванне: роздум над кнiгай Яна Чыквiна “Далëкiя i блiзкiя. Беларускiя пiсьменнiкi замежжа”

Author(s): Tamara Tarasawa / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article analyzes the book “Далëкiя i блiзкiя. Беларускiя пiсьменнiкi замежжа” by Jan Czykwin as a phenomenon of literary criticism with its specific features of the genre structure and the author’s approach to literary aspects. The emphasis is put on different genres of literary criticism: an essay, a literary portrait, a sketch, which justifies discussion on the genre variety of the book that consists of genre-generic forms such as documentary-memoir literature, journalism and essays.

Фальклорныя вытокi творчасцi Алеся Барскага

Author(s): Iryna Barouskaja / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article discusses Aleksander Barszczewski’s contribution in studies on national ouvre. Aleksander Barszczewski – professor of the University of Warsaw, Doctor of Philology is both a poet and a scholar, and many of his works are devoted to the study of the way figurative means and stylistic devices of folk art are used in fiction. He appreciates Romanticism as a trend in literature and art. Aleksander Barszczewski proves that national fantasy is of peasant and gentry origin. Moreover, he translates national tales into Polish. The researcher also focuses on poetry in Belarusian national rituals.

Творчасць “белавежцаў” у сучасным мастацка-дакументальным дыскурсе (па матэрыялах кнiг Галiны Тварановiч)

Author(s): Marina Lebiedziewa / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The combination of art and documentary discourse is a phenomenon in the works of the representatives of the Belarusian Literature Association “Belavezha”. They try to combine the possibilities of prose and poetry, autobiography and social generalization, subjective freedom of the creative personality and modeling of a full panorama of the world. A well-known literary critic and researcher of Belarusian literature in Poland, Halina Tvoronovich has devoted her scientific works to the oeuvre of the participants of the literature association “Belavezha”. She elaborates on models created by poets and writers, creative interest in a fragmentary form, the genre of miniatures which provides the flexibility of the content of their artistic practice.

Мастацкае асэнсаванне асобы i дзейнасцi Кастуся Калiноўскага ў беларускай аповесцi 1970-х гадоў

Author(s): Natalla Nalotowa / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The article analyzes personality and activity of Kastus Kalinouski – famous revolutionary populist, leader of the 1863–1864 Uprising in Belarus and Lithuania. Contrastive analysis is based on novels written in the 1970s. It is argued that the artistic image of this person in analyzed works coincides. The authors appreciate his contribution and role in the national liberation struggle. The article indicates fundamental differences in the interpretation of this image by Belarusian and Belarusian-Polish writers.

Канцэптуальныя пошукi на беларускiм памежжы: навуковая спадчына Iгара Жука

Author(s): Halina Twaranowicz / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 10/2018

The author of the article claims that Igor Żuk’s scientific heritage manifests long and lasting typological relationship on the level of ideas and contacts between Belarusian studies in Grodno and Bialystok. Igor Żuk’s coherent opinion concerning the development of Belarusian literature presented in the book “Ruch naprzeciw” turns to be particularly interesting. It expresses a new conceptual look at Belarusian perspective of historical-cultural and spiritual development. The context, analyzed in the article, is complemented by Igor Żuk’s valuable project “Central and peripheral factors in literary-cultural situation of Belarusian border”.

GRA Z GATUNKIEM JAKO SPOSÓB PRZEZWYCIĘŻENIA KRYZYSU TRADYCYJNYCH FORM W LITERATURZE BIAŁORUSKIEJ (NA PODSTAWIE DZIENNIKA FACEBOOKOWEGO RADZIWA „PRUDOK” ANDRUSIA HORWATA)

Author(s): Andrei Aliaksandrau / Language(s): Polish Issue: XXI/2019

In this article, I analyze the problem of the interaction between literary and paralit-erary genres in the work of the Belarusian writer Andrus Horvat, winner of the Maxim Bahdanovich “Debut” Award in 2017. The intermedial potential, especially genealogical features of his work Radziwa ‘Prudok’ [‘Prudok’ Radio Station] will be discussed, as well as how it operates within the context of literature and various forms of visual art, which are subsumed under the main theme of this work, i.e. the search for the lost identity by the young generation of Belarusians.

Białorutenistyczne eksploracje Bazylego Białokozowicza

Author(s): Włodzimierz Stochel / Language(s): Polish Issue: VI/2001

Паэзія Алеся Гаруна на тле суседніх літаратур пачатку ХХ стагоддзя

Author(s): Usiewaład Rahojsza / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: VI/2001

Польшча на старонкax "Вольнай Беларусі"

Author(s): Aleksander Barszczewski / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: IV/1999

Активная гражданская позиция О.М. Ковалевского: условия ее формирования в школьные и студенческие годы

Author(s): G. V. Rumak / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2018

The conditions for the development of O.M. Kovalevsky’s humanistic worldview and participatory citizenship during the childhood and adolescence years were discussed. A general description of the socio-political situation in the Belarusian lands in the early 19th century and the life and traditions of home education in the family Uniate West Belarusian priests was given. The system of education at the gymnasium of the Grodno Governorate, the peculiarities of teaching at the Vilnius University, the history of creation, activity, and the defeat of the secret student fellowships were considered. The conclusion was made that O.M Kovalevsky – due to the specifics of the national, ethnic, and religious composition of the population – was brought up from the early age on the principles of Christian mercy, humanism, tolerance, and liberal attitude towards religion. The citizenship of the future of Mongolist was influenced by the Enlightenment atmosphere in the Belarusian lands during the first third of the 19th century and the early era of Romanticism. The childhood and youth of O.M Kovalevsky occurred when a new turn in the Belarusian history took place, resulting in the rise of self-awareness and national liberation movement, emergence of unique personalities who influenced O.M Kovalevsky’s perception of the world.

Valgevene folkloristika õnnestumised ja valupunktid 21. sajandil

Author(s): Tatsiana Valodzina / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 75/2019

The article gives an overview of the achievements in Belarusian folkloristics in the 21st century, highlighting the most vulnerable areas in folklore research, and trying to understand the reasons and prerequisites for successes and shortcomings in folkloristics. The author is especially concerned about the shortage of professionals in the country to block the non-scientific publications. Although entertainment-specialised publications offer the reader exiting mythology, they also contain unsubstantiated generalisations made on the basis of traditions in a narrow region. This makes detailed research into folklore as a complete historical and cultural phenomenon the more essential. Therefore, Belarusian folklorists’ most important direction of work is the recording of the folk heritage, identification of the typology of the folklore genres, determination of the spread areas of song melodies, dances, plots, motifs, and images, and preparation of collections revealing the richness of the cultural landscape of the Republic of Belarus in its regional and local peculiarities. In 2013 the Centre of Fine Arts, Ethnography, and Folklore at the Belarusian Academy of Sciences launched an annual collection of scholarly articles under the heading Belarusian Folklore: Materials and Studies. The edition has already become a fruitful and interesting platform for discussing topical problems in folklore studies. The research covers the main directions of Belarusian folkloristics, and new approaches to study and understand the traditional world of Belarusian spiritual culture.