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'''Ukrainian literature''' refers to ] written in the ]. Ukrainian literature had a difficult development. The difference between spoken Ukrainian and written Ukrainian was at times very large, due to Ukraine being constantly dominated by other states such as ], ], ], and ], and at many times the use of the Ukrainian language was ] in print. However, Ukrainian has a rich literary heritage and has Ukraine has produced many notable authors.
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== Kievan Rus ==
'''Ukrainian literature''' is literature written in the ].<ref> // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Macropædia) Vol. 28: S-U (1985–2010). 1050 p.: 981—1982 pp. {{in lang|en}}</ref><ref> // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Micropædia) Vol. 12: Trudeau&nbsp;— Żywiec (1985–2010). 968 p.: p. 111 {{in lang|en}}</ref><ref> // Encyclopædia Britannica Online, жовтень 2019 {{in lang|en}}</ref>


Ukrainian literature mostly developed under foreign domination over ], foreign rule by the ], ], the ], the ], the ], and the ], enriched Ukrainian culture and language, and Ukrainian authors were able to produce a rich literary heritage.
The original literature in Kievan Rus was written in the ] and was strong between the 11th and 13th centuries. One major work was the '']'' by ]. Another key work includes the '']'' (The tale of Igor's campaign).


== History ==
== Decline of Rus and Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth period ==
{{Main article|History of Ukrainian literature}}


=== Ukrainian literature’s precursor: writings in Old-Church Slavonic and Latin in Ukraine ===
The ] was printed in ]. Other works included anonymous ] and the writing of ]
Prior to the establishment of Ukrainian literature in the 18th century, many authors from Ukraine wrote in "scholarly" languages of the ] – ] and ]. Among prominent authors from Ukraine who wrote in Latin and Old-Church Slavonic are ], ], ], ], {{ill|Jan-Toma Yuzefovych|pl|Jan Tomasz Józefowicz}}, {{ill|Pavlo Rusyn-Krosnyanyn|pl|Paweł z Krosna}} and others.


=== Beginnings of oral Ukrainian literature ===
== Bandura ==
During this period of history there was a higher number of elementary schools per population in the Hetmanate than in either neighboring ] or ]. In the 1740s, of 1,099 settlements within seven regimental districts, as many as 866 had primary schools.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul Robert|last=Magocsi|author-link=Paul Robert Magocsi|year=1996|title=A History of Ukraine|publisher=]|location=]|isbn=0-8020-0830-5|page= 285}}</ref> The German visitor to the Hetmanate, writing in 1720, commented on how the son of Hetman ], who had never left ], was fluent in the Latin, Italian, French, German, Polish and Russian languages<ref>Volodymyr Sichynsky (1953). ''Ukraine in foreign comments and descriptions from the VIth to XXth century''. New York: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America</ref>


The sixteenth century included the folk epics called ]. These songs celebrated the activities of the ]. Late 16th and early 17th century included the rise of folk epics called '']''. These songs celebrated the activities of the ] and were oral retellings of major Ukrainian historical events in modern Ukrainian language (i.e., not in Old-Church Slavonic). This period produced ], a renowned ] and ] from ], Ukraine.


=== Beginnings of written Ukrainian literature ===
== The Aeneid ==
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The establishment of Ukrainian literature is believed to have been triggered by the publishing of a widely successful poem '']'' by ] in 1798, which is one of the first instances of a printed literary work written in modern Ukrainian language.<ref name="BT_1" /><ref name="BT_2" /> Due to Kotliarevsky's role as the inaugurator of Ukrainian literature, among literary critics he is often referred to as "the father of Ukrainian literature".<ref> // Hardie, Philip. ''The Last Trojan Hero: A Cultural History of Virgil's Aeneid.'' London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2014. 264 p: 187 {{in lang|en}}</ref> Modern Ukrainian prose was inaugurated by ]’s novel Marusya (1834).<ref name="BT_1"> // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Micropædia) Vol. 12: (1985–2010). 948 p.: p. 111 {{in lang|en}}</ref><ref name="BT_2"> // Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2019 {{in lang|en}}</ref>


=== Contemporary literature ===
The father of Ukrainian literature in the modern vernacular form of the Ukrainian language is ], who wrote a ] of ]'s ] (]). This ] poem turns Virgil's characters into Ukrainian Cossacks. Its language was based on the spoken Ukrainian of the ] region.
{{Main|Contemporary Ukrainian literature}}


Since the late 1980s, and particularly after the independence of Ukraine (1991) and disappearance of Soviet censorship the whole generation of writers emerged: Sofia Maidanska, Ihor Kalynets, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and many others. Many of them are considered to be "postmodernists".
== Romantic Period ==
=== Shevchenko ===


== Notable Ukrainian writers ==
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== See also ==
As in all European countries, literature in Ukraine was involved in the modernism process. Topics of feminism were raised in the works of ] and ]. Other two important writers were ] and ]. Their writing was inspired by existentialism.
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== Bibliography ==
* A History of Ukrainian Literature (From the 11th to the End of the 19th Century): With an Overview of the Twentieth Century (Annals of the Ukrainian Academy … and Sciences in the U.S., Inc, Vol 17–19) by Dmitrij Tschizewskij, George S. N. Luckyj, Dolly Ferguson, and Doreen Gorsline
* Ukrainian Literature Through the Ages by Yevhen Shabliovsky, Abraham Mistetsky, and Andrew Marko (Paperback – 1 January 2001)
* Toward a history of Ukrainian literature. Grabowicz, George G. / distrib. by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute / 1981 (104: SLA U 50 : 50s Bungehuis-Spuistraat 210, 2e etage)
* A history of Ukrainian literature, from the 11th to the end of the 19th century. Cyzevs'kyj, Dmytro / Ukrainian Academic Press / 1975 (UBM: H 77–63, Singel 425, UB magazijn)
* Ukrainian literature. Kasinec, Edward / Harvard University / 1977 (UBM: Br. f\0 L m 9)
* Ukrainian literature in the twentieth century: a reader's guide. Luckyj, George S.N. / Univ. of Toronto press / 1992 (UBM: H 96-1818)
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 22 September 2024

Ukrainian literature is literature written in the Ukrainian language.

Ukrainian literature mostly developed under foreign domination over Ukrainian territories, foreign rule by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Romania, the Austria-Hungary Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, enriched Ukrainian culture and language, and Ukrainian authors were able to produce a rich literary heritage.

History

Main article: History of Ukrainian literature

Ukrainian literature’s precursor: writings in Old-Church Slavonic and Latin in Ukraine

Prior to the establishment of Ukrainian literature in the 18th century, many authors from Ukraine wrote in "scholarly" languages of the Middle Ages – Latin and Old-Church Slavonic. Among prominent authors from Ukraine who wrote in Latin and Old-Church Slavonic are Hryhorii Skovoroda, Yuriy Drohobych, Stanislav Orikhovsky-Roxolan, Feofan Prokopovych, Jan-Toma Yuzefovych [pl], Pavlo Rusyn-Krosnyanyn [pl] and others.

Beginnings of oral Ukrainian literature

During this period of history there was a higher number of elementary schools per population in the Hetmanate than in either neighboring Muscovy or Poland. In the 1740s, of 1,099 settlements within seven regimental districts, as many as 866 had primary schools. The German visitor to the Hetmanate, writing in 1720, commented on how the son of Hetman Danylo Apostol, who had never left Ukraine, was fluent in the Latin, Italian, French, German, Polish and Russian languages

Late 16th and early 17th century included the rise of folk epics called dumy. These songs celebrated the activities of the Cossacks and were oral retellings of major Ukrainian historical events in modern Ukrainian language (i.e., not in Old-Church Slavonic). This period produced Ostap Veresai, a renowned minstrel and kobzar from Poltava province, Ukraine.

Beginnings of written Ukrainian literature

Ivan Kotlyarevsky
(1769–1838) 		Taras Shevchenko
(1814–1861) 		Ivan Franko
(1856–1916) 		Mykhailo
Kotsiubynsky
(1864–1913) 		Lesya Ukrainka
(1871–1913)

The establishment of Ukrainian literature is believed to have been triggered by the publishing of a widely successful poem Eneida by Ivan Kotliarevsky in 1798, which is one of the first instances of a printed literary work written in modern Ukrainian language. Due to Kotliarevsky's role as the inaugurator of Ukrainian literature, among literary critics he is often referred to as "the father of Ukrainian literature". Modern Ukrainian prose was inaugurated by Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko’s novel Marusya (1834).

Contemporary literature

Main article: Contemporary Ukrainian literature

Since the late 1980s, and particularly after the independence of Ukraine (1991) and disappearance of Soviet censorship the whole generation of writers emerged: Sofia Maidanska, Ihor Kalynets, Moysey Fishbein, Yuri Andrukhovych, Serhiy Zhadan, Oksana Zabuzhko, Oleksandr Irvanets, Yuriy Izdryk, Maria Matios, Ihor Pavlyuk and many others. Many of them are considered to be "postmodernists".

Notable Ukrainian writers

See also

References

  1. Ukraine: Cultural life — literature // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Macropædia) Vol. 28: S-U (1985–2010). 1050 p.: 981—1982 pp. (in English)
  2. Ukrainian literature // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Micropædia) Vol. 12: Trudeau — Żywiec (1985–2010). 968 p.: p. 111 (in English)
  3. Ukrainian literature // Encyclopædia Britannica Online, жовтень 2019 (in English)
  4. Magocsi, Paul Robert (1996). A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 285. ISBN 0-8020-0830-5.
  5. Volodymyr Sichynsky (1953). Ukraine in foreign comments and descriptions from the VIth to XXth century. New York: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
  6. ^ Ukrainian literature // Encyclopædia Britannica 15th ed. (second version, Micropædia) Vol. 12: (1985–2010). 948 p.: p. 111 (in English)
  7. ^ Ukrainian literature // Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2019 (in English)
  8. Parody and Burlesque // Hardie, Philip. The Last Trojan Hero: A Cultural History of Virgil's Aeneid. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2014. 264 p: 187 (in English)

Bibliography

  • A History of Ukrainian Literature (From the 11th to the End of the 19th Century): With an Overview of the Twentieth Century (Annals of the Ukrainian Academy … and Sciences in the U.S., Inc, Vol 17–19) by Dmitrij Tschizewskij, George S. N. Luckyj, Dolly Ferguson, and Doreen Gorsline
  • Ukrainian Literature Through the Ages by Yevhen Shabliovsky, Abraham Mistetsky, and Andrew Marko (Paperback – 1 January 2001)
  • Toward a history of Ukrainian literature. Grabowicz, George G. / distrib. by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute / 1981 (104: SLA U 50 : 50s Bungehuis-Spuistraat 210, 2e etage)
  • A history of Ukrainian literature, from the 11th to the end of the 19th century. Cyzevs'kyj, Dmytro / Ukrainian Academic Press / 1975 (UBM: H 77–63, Singel 425, UB magazijn)
  • Ukrainian literature. Kasinec, Edward / Harvard University / 1977 (UBM: Br. f\0 L m 9)
  • Ukrainian literature in the twentieth century: a reader's guide. Luckyj, George S.N. / Univ. of Toronto press / 1992 (UBM: H 96-1818)
  • Ukrainian Literature in English, 1980–1989 by Marta Tarnawsky

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