Sentimentalism in the pursuit of high culture in early nineteenth-century Ukrainian literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9641930 |
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| Authors | George Mihaychuk (Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-44 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00085006.2019.1708531 |
| OpenAlex | W3006769689 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines the Sentimentalist contribution to the pursuit of high culture in Ukrainian literature of the early nineteenth century. It treats this endeavour as a reaction against Ivan Kotliarevs'kyi’s earthy travesty Eneida (1798) and the secondary texts written in this style known as kotliarevshchyna. Such texts were perceived by many Russians and Ukrainians as entertaining, local fare, but lowbrow rather than literature of serious merit. Ukrainian authors themselves recognized that the modality of kotliarevshchyna was not capable of producing literature of serious merit and sought an alternative. At issue was not Ukrainian distinctiveness but the low style and manner in which it was presented. The response among Ukrainian authors is illustrated through: (1) the literary context, (2) the discussion about the adequacy of the Ukrainian language for high culture, and (3) the significance of Ukrainian Sentimentalism. Sentimentalism with its underlying message of universality offered an established framework for addressing Ukrainian issues of language and koloryt. By fulfilling imperial literary norms, both sample texts “Natalka Poltavka” and “Marusia” were able to raise the status of literature in Ukrainian. The Sentimentalist contribution is confirmed by the response of the Ukrainian Romantics, even as they challenged the stylization of this project
Art · Context (archaeology · Linguistics · Literature · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Ukrainian · Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine · History · Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies · Philosophy · Psycholinguistics and Behavioral Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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