LYRICS OF IVAN FRANKO AND LESYA UKRAINKA: INTERACTION OF FOLK SONG TRADITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL POETICS

Authors

  • A. Hurbanska Dr Hab., Prof. Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Kyiv Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.1(62).27-35

Keywords:

lyrics, folklore, genre, cycle, ideological and aesthetic conception, image-concept, symbol, code

Abstract

This article deals with comprehensive analysis of multifaceted coherence of poetic artistic activity of Ivan Franko and Lesya Ukrainka with Ukrainian folklore; it highlights the ideological and aesthetic peculiarities of the artists' elaboration of folk poetry motives, images and symbols. The factors of ideological and aesthetic concepts of Ivan Franko and Lesya Ukrainka, as well as the traits of folk song traditions actualisation in the context of their creativity, social realities, literary and artistic discourse of that time, are revealed. The genre, ideological-thematic and poetic palette of the lyrics of Ivan Franko and Lesya Ukrainka, along with the characteristics of their literary innovation in the folklore processing, are outlined. The artistic practice of the writers is studied on the basis of symbolic theory of classical psychoanalysis and culturological approach, by virtue of which the poetic art of Ivan Franko and Lesya Ukrainka is interpreted as an artistically perfect linguistic and aesthetic sign of national culture.

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2025-11-11

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Vol. 1 No. 62 (2022): Literary Studies

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Hurbanska, A. (2025). LYRICS OF IVAN FRANKO AND LESYA UKRAINKA: INTERACTION OF FOLK SONG TRADITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL POETICS. Literary Studies, 1(62), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.1(62).27-35