On May 19, an open online lecture by Yevgeny Stasinevych "Ukrainian Soviet Literature" took place.
In times of crisis, debates about cultural heritage intensify, often ceasing to be purely debates. The Soviet period in the history of Ukrainian culture in general and literature in particular is perhaps the most problematic. On the one hand, this artistic production, at least formally - according to the place and time of creation - is Soviet, and on the other hand, it remains Ukrainian. And this creates tension.
How can these texts covering 70 years be classified, and is it possible to abandon them all together? (spoiler: no) How to treat such different books and can they be part of today's productive Ukrainian identity? (spoiler: yes)
About the key authors and iconic texts of the Soviet times, interpretive and conceptual difficulties, and possible solutions - in an open lecture by the well-known literary critic Yevhenii Stasinevich.
In times of crisis, debates about cultural heritage intensify, often ceasing to be purely debates. The Soviet period in the history of Ukrainian culture in general and literature in particular is perhaps the most problematic. On the one hand, this artistic production, at least formally - according to the place and time of creation - is Soviet, and on the other hand, it remains Ukrainian. And this creates tension.
How can these texts covering 70 years be classified, and is it possible to abandon them all together? (spoiler: no) How to treat such different books and can they be part of today's productive Ukrainian identity? (spoiler: yes)
About the key authors and iconic texts of the Soviet times, interpretive and conceptual difficulties, and possible solutions - in an open lecture by the well-known literary critic Yevhenii Stasinevich.