Mariana Komarytsia
Doctor of Philology, Senior Research Fellow
Head of the Department of the Research Institute for Press Studies
Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv
(Lviv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37222/2786-7552-2024-4-5
100th anniversary in Galicia and Dnieper Ukraine of Shevchenko: press discourse
The article traces the press resonance surrounding the celebration of Taras Shevchenko’s 100th anniversary in Galicia and Dnieper Ukraine. The bans of the Russian government on public events, in particular memorial services, formed a powerful wave of national protest, especially among student youth. A panorama of literary-critical, artistic, and discussion papers published on the pages of the magazines «Dilo», «Illustrovana Ukraina», «Literaturno-Naukovyi Vistnyk», «Mayak», «Rada», «Ukrainska Khata», «Chronika Naukovoho Tovatystva imeny Shevchenka u Lvovi», «Shliakhy» and others covers the problems of poetic creativity and its reception, the analysis of individual themes and images, the specifics of the formation of the national-centric and socio-centric canons of the Shevchenko’s cult. The comparative analysis of the publications makes it possible to determine the priority of certain topics in the publications of Galicia and Dnieper Ukraine, both determined by the historical situation and worldview factors. In the articles published in Galician magazines dominate theses about Shevchenko’s role in the formation of national consciousness, the idea of the unity of Ukraine, the «resurrection» of the forgotten history of Ukraine to restore the lost links in the memory of contemporaries and descendants as a guarantee of future statehood domination. Publications in the Dnieper Ukraine press were mostly related to the topic of the ban on celebrations, which made it impossible to celebrate Shevchenko’s anniversary. They are also about reflections on the thematic dominants of his work, discussions about the project of a monument to the poet, biographical moments and the specific style of Shevchenko as an artist. The unifying factor of this jubilee content is a deep understanding of the unique prophetic gift of the poet, who was able to convey the testaments of his ancestors to the «unborn».
Keywords: Taras Shevchenko, 100th anniversary, Galician and Dnieper Ukraine periodicals, comparative analysis of press.
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