SYMBOL CHICHKA IN THE NOVELS WRITTEN BY VASYL TRACHUK Cover Image

СИМВОЛ ЧІЧКИ В НОВЕЛІСТИЦІ ВАСИЛЯ ТКАЧУКА
SYMBOL CHICHKA IN THE NOVELS WRITTEN BY VASYL TRACHUK

Author(s): Anna Horniatko-Szumiłowicz
Subject(s): Ukrainian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: symbol chichka; novel studies; image of Hutsul region; Ukrainian literature;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of symbol chichka in the novels of the Ukrainian writer of the 30-ies of the XXth century Vasyl Tkachuk. It has been proved that the word chichka, as a hutsul dialectal word, plays an important role in the creative work of the novelist, being a peculiar leitmotif, which is present in almost every work of the writer. Chichka — is a sacred code of the hutsul ethnic group, that functions as oberih, as well as embroidery, which guides the hutsuls in the periods of joy and grief. All the above mentioned facts are depicted by Vasyl Tkachuk in his works.

  • Issue Year: 7/2019
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 165-173
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian
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