НОМАДСКА СУДЬБА РУСНАЦОХ У МИТУ ЗАВИЧАЮ МИХАЙЛА КОВАЧА
THE NOMADIC DESTINY OF THE RUTHENIANS IN THE HOMELAND MYTH OF MIHAJLO KOVAČ

Summary/Abstract: Mihajlo Kovač uses the motif of migration of Ruthenians in most of his works, both in literary works and diaries. The goal of this research is to show how Kovač’s diary entries, literary works, autobiographical work Длугока драга номадска and historical essay Селїдби и дзелїдби, form a group which is connected with the motif of migration. The emphasis of this research is more on the diary entries, since those fragments help to better understand literary works, in which Kovač literalized migrations of his compatriots. By using the examples from the literary works written by Kovač, it will be shown what are, according to him, the most important things which Ruthenians should take with themselves to the new place. Kovač believes that, during that process, Ruthenians have to remember their heritage and their ancestors, as well as to take with themselves their language, religion and tradition, or, in other words, to sacralize the new place. Kovač emphasizes that only by continuously returning to the ancestors, i.e. by remembering the heritage, and by sacralizing the new place, the existence of Ruthenians can be secured.

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