Reception of Oleksandr Dovzhenko's figure in 20th century French film criticism

Authors

  • Olena Pylypei PhD (Philol.) ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4711-0613 , Ukrainian Medical Lyceum NMU named after O.O. Bogomolets, Kyiv, Ukraine, the association "The House Ukrainian" Saint Germain-en-Laye, France Author
  • Lydia Kozakova PhD (Philol.) ORCID ID: 0009-0003-9984-3250 , Kherson National Technical University image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.2(67).72-84

Keywords:

film discourse, film criticism, cinema, cinema art, film industry, cinema, reception

Abstract

The article deals with the perception of O. Dovzhenko's work in the French crinocritics of the twentieth century. A review of literature on the study by French film criticism of the reception of the work of the Ukrainian film director is presented. The works of E. Deslav, L. Mussinak, J. Sadul, M. Oms, B. Amengal and others are analyzed. The aspects that French film critics paid attention to when analyzing the work and achievements of the Ukrainian film director (analysis of films, the use of new techniques, the role of the Ukrainian national mentality in the work of O. Dovzhenko, a detailed biography of the artist and aesthetic categories around which the films of O. Dovzhenko are built).

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Published

2025-04-23

How to Cite

Pylypei, O., & Kozakova, L. (2025). Reception of Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s figure in 20th century French film criticism. Literary Studies, 2(67), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.2(67).72-84