
PANTELEIMON KULISH AS LITERARY CRITIC: PROTECTING THE NATIVE LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL CULTURE
Author(s) -
Zhanna Yankovska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ukraïnoznavčij alʹmanah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2520-2626
DOI - 10.17721/2520-2626/2019.25.20
Subject(s) - ukrainian , literary criticism , scrutiny , literary language , folklore , literary science , criticism , sociology , literature , censorship , literary theory , history , law , political science , art , philosophy , linguistics
The figure of Panteleimon Kulish is particularly prominent and influential for Ukrainian culture. But not all his works have not been published yet. Numerous of generations of scholars have studied his literary heritage and research works. These studies have been more and more elaborated with every stage in the Ukrainian humanities’ development due to the application of new research methods. Intersectionality of the writer’s literary and research interests determines the approaches to the study of his copious achievements as an author, poet, historian, translator, folklore researcher, literary critic, publisher, and social activist. Since his literary and research works were first published and up to nowadays, they have been studied by M. Kostomarov, O. Bodianskyi, M .Zerov, V. Petrov, O.Vertii, Ye. Nakhlik, Ya. Harasym, V. Ivashkiv, O. Fedoruk and many other scholars. Nevertheless, his works devoted to literary criticism require more rigorous scrutiny. They have been studied mainly from the perspective of P. Kulish’s evaluation of various works by particular writers. The attention should be drawn to the fact that, in the meantime, he repeatedly emphasized the importance of preserving the Ukrainian language and national culture, its uniqueness and significance. As a matter of fact, the analysis of certain literary criticism studies through this perspective is the main purpose of the article. Having conducted this study, it is necessary to conclude that living under conditions of the imperial censorship, total prohibition of everything related to Ukrainian culture, P. Kulish was always a zealous advocate of the native language, culture and national interests of the Ukrainians. Such views are widely presented in his literary criticism’ works and serve as the basis for the main analyzed material. After all, he proved it by all his life, including his literary works.