Shevchenko's Concept of Ukraine Against the Background of the Challenges of the National Existence of His Period
Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Literary Studies. Linguistics. Folklore Studies
The research examines T. Shevchenko's concept of Ukraine in two aspects: as a supreme value a... more The research examines T. Shevchenko's concept of Ukraine in two aspects: as a supreme value and the embodiment of the national idea – in the context of the national existence of his period and the challenges that faced Ukrainianism. The main one of them was the threat of transformation into an integral part of the Russian nation (inferior part) – the Malorussians. At the end of the 18th century the empire actually managed to absorb Ukraine and deprive Ukrainians of their self-assertion, through the policy of denationalization and Russification. Depriving Ukrainians of their name was an effective means of denationalization implemented by the empire, because among the attributes of the nation, the name itself is primary. The literature of the first half of the 19th century (prior to T. Shevchenko), marked by a powerful national movement, had no manifestations of opposition to Russia. The Ukrainian intelligentsia of that time mastered the concept of Russia's dominance over Ukra...
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