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Revision as of 08:46, 2 June 2006 by Jklin (talk | contribs) (clean up using AWB)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ukrainian literature is literature written in the Ukrainian language.
Kievan Rus
The original literature in Kievan Rus was written in the Church Slavonic and was strong between the 11th and 13th centuries. One major work was the Tale of Bygone Years by Nestor. Another key work includes the Slovo o polhu Ihorevi (The tale of Igor's campaign).
Decline of Rus and Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth period
The Ostrih Bible was printed in 1581. Other works included anonymous Perestoroha and the writing of Hypatius Ponti
Bandura
The sixteenth century included the folk epics called dumy. These songs celebrated the activities of the Cossacks.
The Aenied
The father of Ukrainian literature in the recognized form of the Ukrainian language itself is Ivan Kotlyarevsky, who wrote a travesty of Virgil's Aeneid. It used the Cossacks as the heroes of the epic and often used common, peasant language.
Romantic Period
Shevchenko
Realism
Modernism, Expressionism, and Impressionism
Revolution and Avant Garde
Soviet Realism and 1960's opening
Post-Communist writing
Ukrainian writers list
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Ukrainian writers include: Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Taras Shevchenko, Marko Vovchok, Panteleimon Kulish, Ivan Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Olha Kobylianska, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Khvylovy, Mykola Kulish, Mykola Bazhan, Maksym Rylsky, Mykola Zerov, Mykhail Semenko, Ostap Vyshnia, Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Olena Teliha, Oles Honchar, Vasyl Symonenko, Lina Kostenko, Ivan Drach, Yevhen Hutsalo, Hryhir Tiutiunnyk, Pavlo Zahrebelny, Valerii Shevchuk, Ihor Kalynets, Emma Andiievska, Vasyl Stus, Yurii Andrukhovych, Oksana Zabuzhko.
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