№1-2022-12
№1-2022-12
DOI: 10.22281/2413-9912-2022-06-01-168-177
Karin A.D.
EVALUATION OF THE PERSONALITY AND CREATIVITY OF T. G. SHEVCHENKO IN THE WORK OF F. I. SVISTUN «WHAT IS SHEVCHENKO FOR US? 1885»
The article is devoted to the study of the worldview of Philip Ivanovich Svistun, a prominent figure in the Russophile movement, and his views on the personality of T.G., Shevchenko. In his book «What is Shevchenko for us?» the famous Galician writer, historian and public figure tried to show the importance of the poet’s creative heritage for the development of Ruthenian culture, education and upbringing of youth. Philip Svistun gave his interpretation of the work of the Ukrainian poet, highlighting, in his opinion, negative and put moments in his poetry. So, in his opinion, it is characterized on the one hand by deep patriotism, the idealization of the сossacks, the protection of family values and the condemnation of serfdom. On the other hand, the author emphasizes her characteristic nihilism, rebellion, as well as anti-monarchist and anti-imperial ideas deeply alien to him. Of course, this interpretation is subjective and is generally evaluative. But it is precisely this circumstance that gives particular interest to Svistun’s book, since it allows a better understanding of the ideas and principles that the Russophile movement of Eastern Galicia and Bukovina defended in the period under study. In Eastern Galicia during the study period, there were two movements defending the opposite view of the identity of ruthenians. The first of them, known as muscophiles or Russophiles, insisted on the belonging of the ruthenians of Galicia to the single Russian people. The second of them considered ruthenians as part of the Ukrainian people. It was around the opposition between these movements that politics in the region largely revolved. Both russophiles and populists sought to give their interpretation of Shevchenko’s literary works, extremely popular in Galicia.
Keywords: Eastern Galicia, ruthenians, national identity, Philip Svistun, Taras Shevchenko.
National Research Tomsk State University (Russia)
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