Yanka Kupala’s creed: the Christian aesthetic code in the motif paradigm of his early poetry
2022, Issue 22
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Abstract
The article’s aim is to analyse the features of the motif-image paradigm of Yanka Kupala’s poetry, which in turn helps to rethink the ideological and aesthetic foundations of his creative method and poetic style, as well as the place and role of this bright representative of Belarusian poetry in the context of European literary traditions. The introduction substantiates the novelty and relevance of the study of Yanka Kupala’s legacy, taking into account existing literary trends and current interpretations of the poet’s works. The main section draws attention to the peculiarities of the functioning of a number of motifs that played one of the key roles in the formation of Yanka Kupala’s worldview and creative consciousness, his artistic principles and unique style. First of all, the problem of the functioning of religious, especially Christian motifs in the early lyrics of the first national poet of Belarus is examined. Also, on the example of individual poems, the ways of their author’s realization of some artistic tasks and ideas are shown, the origins of which lie not only in the work of his predecessors – representatives of European romanticism, but are directly related to the aesthetic paradigm of symbolism.
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