CURSES AS A RITUAL
AND THE PHENOMENON OF THE MYTHS
OF ENCHANTED DESNA BY OLEXANDR DOVZHENKO Cover Image

ПРОКЛИНАННЯ ЯК РИТУАЛ І ФЕНОМЕН МІФОПОЕТИКИ ЗАЧАРОВАНОЇ ДЕСНИ ОЛЕКСАНДРА ДОВЖЕНКА
CURSES AS A RITUAL AND THE PHENOMENON OF THE MYTHS OF ENCHANTED DESNA BY OLEXANDR DOVZHENKO

Author(s): IRYNA ZELENENKA, VICTORIA TKACHENKO
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: mythologicaly poetic; curse; impression; film story; narrative; folklore

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the problem of curses and mythologically poetic stylistics withthe example of O. Dovzhenkos’ film “The Enchanted Desna”. It is a typical lyrical story. This workis the author’s attempt to folklorize (lyricize) the genre of cinema through rich synonymy (contextualsynonyms), versatile characteristics with comparisons, and occasional expressions (lyrics, curses).All aspects of linguistic colorization of the text constitute the multicultural space of the text, and themultidimensional nature of the poetics of the work. Therefore, one of the very characteristic featuresof Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s stylistic system is the synthesis of pre-Christian and Christian myths andpre-war reality. This is well illustrated by the rich, synonymous story of a small boy and mature artist(the concept of duality). All this brings the style of Dovzhenko’s new romance to the style of theimpressionist Mikhail Kotsubinsky (in this context, we recall the “Apple Flower”).

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 97-105
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian
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