FEATURES OF THE POETIC CREATIVITY OF OLEKSANDR NAVROTSKYI

Abstract

Background. The creative output of Oleksandr Navrotskyi – a poet, translator, member of the Cyril and Methodius Society, comrade of Taras Shevchenko – still remains little known and mostly unstudied, and a big part of it is unpublished. O. Navrotskyi’s poetry as a separate component of his creative heritage is an original and interesting page of Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 19th century, which needs to be understood and introduced into scientific circulation. The purpose of the article: to outline the significant aspects of O. Navrotskyi’s poetic work, in particular to highlight the peculiarities of the style, motives, images of his lyrics and lyrical epic, to trace the influence of T. Shevchenko’s poetry on his creative style.

Methods. The article uses biographical, descriptive, and comparative methods of literary research.

The results. O. Navrotskyi’s poetry is dominated by romantic pictorial and expressive means, folklore poetics and stylistics. Folk-poetic, moral-ethical, patriotic motifs are leading in the poetry of O. Navrotskyi. Being under the significant influence of T. Shevchenko’s personality and creativity, O. Navrotsky creatively transformed separates motifs and images of his works (while avoiding direct imitation), dedicated his poems to T. Shevchenko. The study of O. Navrotskyi’s hitherto unknown poem “The Moscow Woman” made it possible to clarify the understanding of the peculiarities of the artist’s creative originality.

Conclusions. The work of O. Navrotskyi is an organic part of Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 19th century, particularly its romantic component. Folkloric poetics, folk-religious morality, patriotic orientation determine the features of the poet’s idiostyle. O. Navrotskyi’s integration into the context of T. Shevchenko’s creation and the activities of the Cyril and Methodius Society formed the ideological vectors of his works: the revival of Ukraine, the social and national liberation of his native people.

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